"But, for instance, when I was awfully young, I read all the Oz books. They were an enormous influence on me."

-- Jack Vance

#Book Quotes #Influence Quotes #Enormous Quotes

“And the invention of transformations of certain figures has become the most important in musical composition.”
“Thomson's views on the recent age of the world have been for some time one of my sorest troubles.”
“No offence to Nicki Minaj, but her career has essentially been a Lilâ€™ Kim tribute”
“One person can have a profound effect on another. And two people...well, two people can work miracles. They can change a whole town. They can change the world.”

Source : "'Northern Exposure' ('Cicely')". Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, May 18, 1992.
“Yes, we do mimic our parents in a lot of ways.”
“We go see theater, we take in art, because it makes us feel.”

Source : "Steve Kazee, ‘Once’ Star, Hits New York’s 54 Below With Original Alt-Country Show". Interview with Curtis M. Wong, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 10, 2013.
“Failure means nothing now, only that it taught me life.”
“I was an impostor, the worthy associate of a brigand, &c., &c., and all this for an atom of chlorine put in the place of an atom of hydrogen, for the simple correction of a chemical formula!”

Source : David M. Knight, Auguste Laurent (1998). “The Development of Chemistry, 1789-1914: Chemical method”, Routledge

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