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Influence

(noun) The power to affect, control or manipulate something or someone; the ability to change the development of fluctuating things such as conduct, thoughts or decisions. Example: "I have absolutely no influence over him."

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"I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the water to create many ripples."
— Mother Teresa
"Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society."
— Mark Twain
"One of the expedients of party to acquire influence, within particular districts, is to misrepresent the opinions and aims of other districts."
— George Washington
"Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influence of the earth."
— Henry David Thoreau

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