influence

July 11th, 2013 | 96 Entries

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96 Entries for “influence”

  1. Influence is power.
    Under the influence
    of love
    of spells
    of something other than your own volition, or the volitions you never knew you had

    Influence is motivation
    push
    get going
    do something

    Influence is power
    but use it for good

    Alison
  2. Influence, the art of making a difference without dictating an outcome.

    ejm
  3. The amount of influence, and the nature of the influence that you in life have is entirely up to you

    karly
  4. such a big part of our youth
    such a big part of our lives
    young or old
    old or young
    you are affected
    by more than some

    marissa
  5. Lieutenant Clemington, in my opinion, held far too much influence on the corporals and privates milling about the barracks. It wasn’t sexual allure, and some more chauvinistic soldiers would try to have me believe – it was difficult to make any roughhousing young woman like me trust in their more masculine thought processes. But Clemington was a different story than I was. She held an aura to her that drew in appeal. And it frightened me.

    Belinda Roddie
  6. He’s not a bad influence on me. He’s not, I promise! Bad is such a narrow concept anyway. And no, those aren’t his words coming out of my mouth. Well maybe. He has good ideas, okay? But don’t judge him by his ideology or his tattoos or his hair. He loves me and takes care of me. And that’s all that matters. That, and his criminal record, I guess.

    Claire
  7. I used to be such a burning example
    I used to make my parents proud
    I used to be the glue that kept my friends together
    Now they don’t talk
    And we don’t go out.

    I used to know the name of every person I’ve kissed
    Now I’ve made this bed
    And I can’t fall asleep in it…

    Take me out tonight

    Karsyn
  8. you have so much influence over who i am as a person,
    so much so
    that i don’t know who i would be without you.
    i don’t know how to be without you.

  9. You think that you are the biggest influence in your child’s life but the outside
    world intrudes–friends, internet, television. So how do you protect your child?
    You create a safe haven in your home.

    Robin
  10. She spoke, and the world listened. She smiled, and they were happy.
    There was nothing she couldn’t do- no one she couldn’t influence with the subtleties of her smile and touch, the tremors in her breath and and voice.

    That is, until she met him.

    Julie
  11. You were the sculptor who dreamed the shape, and you were the god who breathed life in me. You were the fire that made me strong. Now you’re the rain. Destroy.

  12. A girl with purple, icy locks changed my world. Was it her style? Her quirky look and gutsy “I don’t give a ****” attitude that I felt so furiously intriguing. I don’t know what it was exactly about her that changed my life. But something changed something. And to that something, I am forever grateful.

  13. Sometimes I feel I am under the influence of what other people want me to do. i DREAD GOING BACK TO SINGAPORE. I feel its bacause of the peopl there. The country I love. But ever single poerson has bitched to me about it and all I can say is. If we were all happier and positiver it shouldnt matter where we live.

    sujata kaur
  14. Shielded from the public eye, with the certainty that no-one could record his actions, Obama let out a bellowing cackle, that echoed violently around the room, despite some dissenters, no-one on this globe could escape his influence, NO-ONE!!! A foolish assumption, as slowly but surely, the cracks were expanding and the influence of the leaks showing the lengths of the governments deception were slowly spreading the influence into more deserving hands.

  15. “Look,I don’t give a shit what you do.”

  16. Meaning, power over somebody or somebody has power over my mind to make me feel, believe, think a certain way. Influence can be used well or poorly.
    Something flowing in, can there be out-fluence? flowing out? I think so.
    First time doing this.

    Gina Baxter
  17. Her influence on me was beyond what I needed or wanted.

  18. people influence me. i influence them. it is a circle. a long one. manipulation. i like it. i really fancy it. it is hard. is it worth it? yes. my life. psychology. i am gonna be good at it…!

    Sophie
  19. It’s a curious thing how someone can have so much influence over you. Even if you know that it’s illogical for them to care what they think. No matter how insignificant they really are in your life, you can always be swayed to do something against your own intuition.

  20. Influence is like a peacock: a flamboyant display, a burst of color in a bout of desperation to prove that you are worth someone’s time.

    Laura J
  21. You were the breath in my lungs
    the Fire in my soul
    and i touch your face so gently
    influencing my heartbeat
    in synchronization with yours.
    yet two hearts beat the same for a moment
    then the next go off rhythm
    showing that life is just
    an interval of twists and turns

  22. You snag your props and claw your fame from the flesh of innocent children. They’re left without substance, but plenty of “swagger,” and you love it.

  23. From the moment she met him, he became a huge influence on her. She always did as he wanted, or as he asked. It could have been a good thing but, he wasn’t the type to do good things.

  24. “My influence is only this,” said Hammett, “That you will not find your daughter alive again.”
    Wilson snarled, but remained silent. What could he do? Thoughts raced. The man had a shotgun to his head, and a death sentence on his daughter. Somehow, this couldn’t be let to stand. There had to be a way to kill Hammett and end this horrible man once and for all, so he kept his composure, though the merest mention of Melanie made him want to sink his thumbs into the man’s eyes.

  25. many people have an influence on others. it might be a boss, older sibling, bully, friend, teacher, even the President has an influence on others

  26. “You’re a bad influence on me Joe.”, said Evana in a playful tone, her eyes sparkling the way they always did when she looked at him. Joe laughed and said,”Then why do you hang around me?” Evana took the helmet from him. It looked a little odd on her, with her floral dress and pink cardigan. She sat behind him and answered,”I think a bad influence is exactly what I need.”

  27. I see the discontent among the crowd, he fails to influence us his way.

  28. My older sister makes an influence on me greatly . When she started dating i started dating. Whatever she does I do. Wherever she goes I go. I don’t know what I would do without her. She is the best friend I never had.

    Chloe
  29. Influence happens to all of us. Whether it manipulates your emotions into feeling a certain way or your mind to think a certain way, we all experience influence in our everyday lives. Some are influenced more than others and it depends on those of us who are close to us, or peer pressure. We too can influence ourselves to think and feel a certain way if we get our brains to believe this.

    April
  30. I’ll never wear a miniskirt
    For if I do
    My little sister may believe
    That scanty is flattering.

    I’ll never do drugs
    For if I do
    My younger brother may believe
    That getting high is the only outlet.

    I’ll never smoke
    For if I do
    My second sister may believe
    That cigarettes look cool.

    I’ll never drop out of school
    For if I do
    My baby sister may believe
    That giving up is the right way.

    I’ll never kill myself
    For if I do
    My siblings may believe
    That I didn’t love them
    That they’re meant to be alone
    That it’s their faults.

    I’ll never leave them
    For if I ever did
    I would never forgive myself.

  31. I’d gone to far. The influence I’d given to my child was exceptionally high, despite the fact that I’d done nothing wrong. Why was he turning on me at such an early age?

    Emma
  32. It was easy to see the influence Drake had in his work. The sweeping lines, the use of bright colors and the sheer size of the pieces had distinct similarities to the earlier and much acclaimed post-serial killer crime scene photos.

  33. What a terrible influence I have been. I took all these students under my wings and convinced them that I was the best teacher, that they would be popular because of me. And what have I done? I have created monsters, little monsters just like me. I have created people who know how to hurt others, how to tear them down piece by piece. This isn’t what I wanted.

  34. I didn’t want to take anything because I had work in a couple of hours and I always have the strangest reaction to everything! So I braved it out, brewed some tea, played some tunes ad begged this Summer cold to go away. But it was my fault and my body was punishing me for crushing it with stress, over thought, and overwork.

  35. i am influenced by so many people, also things i am influenced by. I love places, i wanna travel all around the world one day, alone or not alone it all depends on where my life is right at that moment. It is the simple things in life that make you the happiest.

    Katie
  36. Influence is a big deal here in the Halos. It determines whether or not you get a job, get a house, even who your spouse will be, and how many children you might have. It’s hard to think that every move you make is pushed by the surrounding feelings, even storms of the heart around you. Influence, persuasion, hustling – it has many names, but one purpose , akin to that of fate or destiny. I couldn’t have dreamed that it would land me in Hell.

  37. I like to think
    that he got the good stuff
    from one of you screw-ups.

    Influenced without love
    to bring all he had to the table

    Well, I’m at the table, and love
    is what I need and guess what?
    you left him empty-handed.

  38. The influence started the day we met. Somehow, something captivated me. Of the hundreds of people I met that day, she was the one to remember.
    I wasn’t one for long lasting memory. I would forget my keys in my own hand. 8 months later, however, there she was, completely out of the blue. I called her out. She smiled wearily. I was a total stranger to her. I said something that caused a stir. Do you want to know what it was? What I said that caused the change?
    I said, “Induction day, October 22nd, American, Louisiana” and at that moment, a passing friendly smile turned precious forever

    Dixon Cider
  39. At the end of the day, can you name them all and separate the beneficial from the inane?

  40. I wanted influence. I wanted to know, or at least believe that my actions had some effect on those around me. But no, I walk along the same corridors every day with the same empty gazes meeting my eyes. I make no dent, no minuscule impression on their worlds. I lack, amongst other things, influence.