“He had a tremendous influence on my life and a lot of kids in Lawndale. Pete is probably one of the straightest-shooting guys you've ever seen. We were competitive as hell, but there was huge sportsmanship.”
“If you make it difficult for foreign students to come here or work here, you will have a dramatic influence on education in the United States and the quality of industry. The U.S. is becoming less attractive for graduate students.”
“Very few studies have examined the influence of neighborhood conditions on physical disabilities. We found the quality of the neighborhood had a very high impact on lower-body function in the people we surveyed.”
“We consciously set out to not be a Southern rock band. It was a matter of time before it'd all come back around. We're still not a Southern rock band, but we've got those influences.”
“A complete waste of your time -- he has no influence whatsoever. For all his misinformed and simplistic slams on otherwise accomplished local executives, I wonder if he realizes he's totally irrelevant?”
“Given the opportunity, the congressman is always happy to highlight the many accomplished individuals, organizations and employers in Colorado. In no way, however, have these modest actions been influenced by financial contributions. Nor will they ever be in the future.”
“Never regard study as a duty, but as the enviable opportunity to learn to know the liberating influence of beauty in the realm of the spirit for your own personal joy and to the profit of the community to which your later work belongs.”
“I suggest that the only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which have gone a little further down our particular path than we have gone ourselves.”
“The rising influence of celebrities and the focus on entertaining among the Generation X set is a positive trend for the industry. There's plenty of opportunity ahead for manufacturers and retailers who recognize and leverage today's trends in entertaining.”
“There is without any doubt a growing Iranian influence not only in Lebanon but in the whole region. We are trying to build normal relations with everyone, and we refuse to turn Lebanon into a battlefield for regional and international powers.”