“I guess my experience with God had to be without external influences because I certainly wasn't listening to anyone but my selfish self.”

“It's hard to say how you get influenced by something. When you work on something for seven years, it's bound to make an impression.”

“The Academy (of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences) is really to be commended. It's admirable that voters are recognizing the hip-hop generation and its influence on American culture.”

“We're not trying to compete with the big designers but to say along with Bill Blass, Donna Karan, this is what else is happening, what else is influencing fashion.”

“You're not going to be sure what it is that's going to be exported. But New Orleans guys will at least have a healthy influence on what goes on in other places.”

“(New Orleans) is filled with voodoo and vampire lore. Being raised in that city has influenced my aesthetic tremendously, and I hope to bring that into this production.”

“(My parents) aren't so much an influence on why I play, but I get my love and my passion for the game from them.”

“Russia's biggest problem is organized crime and its leaders are influenced by the Russian mafia. But it's not right to call it a Russian mafia, it's a Jewish mafia.”

“The weather in Europe this time of the year and through the winter is highly influenced by the Icelandic Low, a semi-permanent anticyclone that begins drifting south during autumn,”

“The weather in Europe this time of the year and through the winter is highly influenced by the Icelandic Low, a semi-permanent anticyclone that begins drifting south during autumn.”