Quotes About Influence

The more powerful you become, the less likely it is that people will tell you the truth. It must be why the 'Harry Potter' books become so bloated as the series progresses; think of the beautiful, precise editing of books 1-3 drowned in a mire of sycophancy and yea-saying.

I still don't know precisely why The Mickey Mouse Club ended when it did.

I don't have role models or watch much TV. I go to awards ceremonies but often I don't even know who the people are. I think that's good, because then you don't have preconceived ideas about them.

The first movie my dad ever showed me was 'Predator' - I was five. And I think the second one was 'Jaws.'

Although the most amount of attention went to what happened in the United States and in Brexit, Cambridge Analytica and its predecessor, SCL Group, worked in countries around the world, particularly in the developing world, to manipulate elections for their clients. So it was global.

I always see other people as predecessors and admire them.

A baby writer should take inspiration from her predecessors but also find ways to tell her own stories in her own way.

Nothing I'm doing is without its predecessors.

But I'd rather not predict. I'd rather affect.

Not only have computers changed the way we think, they've also discovered what makes humans think - or think we're thinking. At least enough to predict and even influence it.

In short, Google prefers a world where we consistently go to three restaurants to a world where our choices are impossible to predict.

I never want to predict the relationship between music and advertising.

I didn't feel as though, when I was a child, I had much control of my environment. I felt powerless. And that gave me a sense of predictability.

Before they became Americans, most white inhabitants of the 13 colonies considered themselves British. It was predictable, therefore, that they would lust after empire, because this was exactly what their counterparts on the other side of the Atlantic also did.

We could see that he was a charismatic guy who jumps over the moon and is very competitive, but nobody could have predicted what he would become to our culture.

As the coding movement continues to grow, the common narrative of the white male geek as the predominant influencer on geek culture will erode.

Seriously, American pop culture must be the most predominant force on the planet, next to pollution and poverty.

I prefer the old masters, by which I mean John Ford, John Ford, and John Ford.

I still prefer the bebop of the '40s. The very stuff I started out with is still the best to me. I have come full circle.

When there is a danceoff, it's scary thinking that someone's destiny or fate is in your hands. I actually always prefer it when the public decide on something rather than four individuals. 11 million people are a lot more powerful than four judges.

That's why I do what I do, and that's why I wanted to be an actress from the time I was six years old. If I can't effectively move people, then I would prefer not to do it.

Often, players at clubs I have been at have asked me for prayers or advice. I prefer to show them things rather than to say things; with my actions, not my words.

I prefer black music in general.

I think Indians dress better than anyone, but I don't want to imitate more than a detail or two; I prefer my clothes humdrum and inconspicuous, and a cowboy hat just doesn't work for me.