Quotes About Influence

I was lifelong Democrat just because, well, you know, monkey-see, monkey-do. I was just doing everything that my family was doing.

The world wants to know - is the future a democratic one or an autocratic one? And I want to make sure that the United States leads on that, clearly that it's democratic.

I was a chairwoman of my state Democratic party.

Free media is very essential for the democratic process and... development.

I'm the one who initiated the democratic process.

I have people ask me if I'm going to convince my daughters to be Democrats, and I say, 'I have yet to convince my daughters to close a door.' I don't how in the world I would ever convince them to be in a political affiliation.

I think the media is a real demon.

I can't see why people call me a bad influence. I meet a lot of kids who are into music. I spend as much time as I can with them. I listen to their demos, and I'm encouraging.

People who are denied access to power are also denied the opportunity to make or influence decisions to live a better life out of poverty and claim their rights.

The Swedes got there first - their dramas were always the darkest and most upsetting, and we used to love them when I was growing up in Denmark. Now us Danes have caught up.

One common denominator of super-affluent alpha men is the conviction, unchallenged every day, that the world revolves around them.

John Denver I listened to when I was in elementary school.

Of course, every movie is political, some people just deny it because they like the world the way it is.

You literally cannot deny the fact that rock and roll was born because of blues, and blues is black man's music.

In the media, they're always talking about money. I'm not denying that it plays a role, but everything has to be in its right place.

America being a force is a lot more than building up the Defense Department.

Leadership does not depend on being right.

Lot of things depend on the up bringing of a child.

There are always crucial, decisive players in every side who make the difference and do not necessarily depend on others.

Upon the creatures we have made, we are, ourselves, at last, dependent.

My performance is totally dependent on what the other actors are doing.

I think you can become dependent on fame and be as known as you want to be, you know?

I don't like anything with too much dependency. Children are very dependent, which is probably why we never had them.

I think sometimes as an actor your career and life are kind of dependent on other people's decisions, what other people tell you, what time other people tell you to get up in the morning, what lines people tell you to say.