Quotes About Influence

People feel that in too many ways the EU is something that is done to them, not something over which they have a say.

My life is European.

If you put all the European countries together, we are the biggest economy in the world.

I don't know if I would be doing what I do without 'Eve's Bayou,' and I don't know if I would have the career that I have without working on 'Eve's Bayou.' The love for what I do, I found it in that project.

The face of Garbo is an Idea, that of Hepburn an Event.

Today, political events are nullified unless they're on TV.

I wish my parents could have raised every man out there.

I think it all started with Nina Simone. When I was maybe seven or eight, I used to listen to one of her albums every night before I went to sleep. For me, her voice was everything.

My dad was around every second. Teaching me the game.

I remember straightening my hair because I wanted to be like everybody else, and now the fact that anybody would emulate what I do? It's just funny.

This administration affects the everyday life of the common person.

If habits, lifestyles, or personalities are fruits, then thoughts, words or actions are seeds. Change your seeds and the fruits will change accordingly. This can be shown as a flow like this: Thoughts -> Words -> Actions -> Habits -> Character -> Destiny.

Conscience is the true power. It resides within us. The intention to be absolutely truthful and the willingness to put the benefit of all before personal benefit hold the power to change the world.

greater empathy motivates you to change yourself, as your empathy encapsulates the planet, you become motivated to make a positive impact on the world.

If we are aware, if we use the power of choice consciously and conscientiously, we can have an enormous impact on the direction of our societies and our civilization.

All brains are good brains. However, information can affect the brain in ways that can distort its functioning. When negative information has taken over the natural workings of the brain, you could say that a good brain has become a bad brain. The brain naturally distinguishes positive information from negative, but sometimes we simply lose trust in our brain, allowing outside information to run the show.

When we allow a preconception to rule our behavior, we are actually allowing our past to control our present and future.

nunca te fíes de quienes dicen servir a Dios. Te hablarán con serenidad y buenas palabras, tan cultas que no alcanzarás a entenderlas. Tratarán de convencerte con argumentos que sólo ellos saben hilvanar hasta adueñarse de tu razón y tu conciencia.

No, hijo. Espera. Buscaremos otro... —Ellos mandan, padre. Los nobles mandan. Mandan en el campo, mandan en vuestras tierras y mandan en la ciudad (p. 166)

We are beyond Fate, more powerful than we consider ourselves to be.

What we think and how we act in the universe influence how the goal of the universe will be attained.

For as long as I can remember, my mother's been my everything. Since my father would be away in the United States six months in a year, I have grown up with her around me all the time. She has been a huge inspiration for me, not only with what she has achieved in her professional life, but also with what she is in her personal life. She has taught me what it takes to be a good human being.

Among famous traitors of history one might mention the weather.

This Army of Light was mine. I had summoned it. I had DRAWN it. Could I have stopped it? I don't know. The truth is, I didn't want to.