Why shouldn't rap be esoteric able to take in current events history and criticism? I guess it's this old idea of containment - that rappers because they're black can't and shouldn't aspire to look outside the ghetto for influence.

Whatever we do or fail to do will influence the course of history.

My father was my main influence. He was a preacher but he was also a history and political science teacher and since he was my hero I wanted to follow in his footsteps and become a teacher.

Billions of people have seen and been influenced by movies in the short history of this industry.

From lies to forgeries the step is not so long and I have written technical essays on the logic of forgeries and on the influence of forgeries on history.

OUR history begins before we are born. We represent the hereditary influences of our race and our ancestors virtually live in us.

Imagination is always the fabric of social life and the dynamic of history. The influence of real needs and compulsions of real interests and materials is indirect because the crowd is never conscious of it.

The way you think the way you behave the way you eat can influence your life by 30 to 50 years.

The free market economy is supposed to be the only path leading to the happiness of humanity by promoting wealth and prosperity power and influence of nations.

When I was a little kid all I wanted to do was to escape what I thought was the country and get to a city. Probably film and television had influenced me so much I really thought the key to happiness was living a very artificial life in a penthouse in New York with martini glasses.

My parents- they've been my biggest influences and supporters since day one. They teach me every day that happiness comes from within and not from something outside of your heart.

A cloudy day or a little sunshine have as great an influence on many constitutions as the most recent blessings or misfortunes.

The herd seek out the great not for their sake but for their influence and the great welcome them out of vanity or need.

Great is truth but still greater from a practical point of view is silence about truth. By simply not mentioning certain subjects... totalitarian propagandists have influenced opinion much more effectively than they could have by the most eloquent denunciations.

In addition to their power over government based on government financing and personal influence bankers could steer governments in ways they wished them to go by other pressures.

I believe that for the small numbers of Jewish people in the United States they exercise a tremendous amount of influence on the affairs of government.

The problem is that when government controls the economy those who can influence government keep winning and everybody else just stays the same.

In the councils of government we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence whether sought or unsought by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.

The humblest individual exerts some influence either for good or evil upon others.

Absences are a good influence in love and keep it bright and delicate.

A return to first principles in a republic is sometimes caused by the simple virtues of one man. His good example has such an influence that the good men strive to imitate him and the wicked are ashamed to lead a life so contrary to his example.

I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.

Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.

Every war results from the struggle for markets and spheres of influence and every war is sold to the public by professional liars and totally sincere religious maniacs as a Holy Crusade to save God and Goodness from Satan and Evil.