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Id say its Leo Tolstoys thinkingfar more than his writingthat is an in fl uence on me today.
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Is Leo Tolstoys writing an in fl uence on you today, and will it remain so in ten and twenty years?
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By offering up these wonderful images of diverse beauty, we know that fashion's in fl uence beyond the catwalk can be seen as a positive force in young people's lives.
Aimee Liu: All Walks on the Catwalk Aimee Liu 2010
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By offering up these wonderful images of diverse beauty, we know that fashion's in fl uence beyond the catwalk can be seen as a positive force in young people's lives.
Aimee Liu: All Walks on the Catwalk Aimee Liu 2010
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And in the sense that his understanding of the complexities of the human spirit and the call to exceed the limitations of human ego are a dead-on match with the best thinking Ive ever found in other books, yes, Leo Tolstoy will remain an in fl uence on me as long as my mind functions reasonably well.
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In your reading life, is there an author who has had signi fi cant in fl uence on your writing life?
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On the other hand, William Faulkner and Cormac McCarthy probably had the most in fl uence on my own writing, to wit: my stunned awe of their work kept me from attempting fi ction.
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Initial BMI and waist circumference did not in fl uence the rate of change in symptoms of depression over time.
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It does mean that religion in our time is becoming divisive and is therefore compromising its own ability to positively in fl uence the values discussion.
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: Renewal: A Guide to the Values-Filled Life 2010
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All of this points to the need for greater in fl uence on the part of that other great world religion, the one that gave rise to both Christianity and Islam, and that's Judaism.
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: Renewal: A Guide to the Values-Filled Life 2010
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