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All conflicts can be resolved. Wars and conflicts are not inevitable. They are caused by human beings. There are always interests that are furthered by war. Therefore those who have power and influence can also stop them. Peace is a question of will.
Martti Ahtisaari
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President Of Finland
War
Being There
Influence
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Panama's a really wonderful country. There's obviously the Panama Canal, which brings a lot of tourism, and a huge American influence; it's just a mix of so many great things: African, Caribbean, Latin American Spanish, all kinds of influences there.
J. August Richards
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Actor
Caribbean
Country
Great Things
Huge
Influence
Latin
Latin American
Panama
Tourism
Wonderful
Lot
African
Brings
Canal
Mix
Obviously
Spanish
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John Faulkner's As I Lay Dying is very important to me as an influence. When I didn't know how to start Mr. Splitfoot, I just wrote the first line of As I Lay Dying instead and then continued on. It's dissolved in the text now, but it helped me start.
Samantha Hunt
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Novelist
Dying
Important
Influence
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The childhood poverty of both my parents and their minimal education did much to influence me and my two younger brothers in our education and career choices. One brother became a dentist and the other, a professor of anthropology with a Ph.D. degree.
Ferid Murad
/
Anthropology
Brother
Childhood
Choices
Dentist
Influence
Poverty
Younger
Became
Both My Parents
Career
Degree
Minimal
Professor
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People feel that decisions about their jobs, the way their children are educated, how their church functions, and products they buy are made by someone and some place so distant that they can't find anybody to talk to that has any influence over them.
Robert Teeter
/
Jobs
Children
Educated
Influence
People
Decisions
Distant
Children People Way
Functions
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The way Ben Gibbard paints a picture, you feel like, 'I was there that day with him.' You really feel the way he paints pictures and speaks and talks. It's almost like talk-singing. Paul Simon does that very well as well. He's a huge influence of mine.
Jon Bellion
/
Huge
Influence
Picture
Ben
Huge Influence
Mine
Paints
Paul
Paul Simon
Simon
Speaks
Talks
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Abdias do Nascimento was the first writer who gave me racial consciousness. It was through his books and writings that I first took in the real weight of race in our society. He was the main influence on me because in my family, race was never an issue.
Joaquim Barbosa
/
Consciousness
Influence
Race
Weight
Writer
Gave
Issue
Main
Writings
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There was a widespread indignation in the American media. They were saying, 'How can you make a movie during an election that's about politics? What are you doing? Are you trying to influence people's lives?' To which my response was, 'Well, I hope so.'
John Sayles
/
Film Director
Election
Indignation
Influence
Response
Politics Hope People
Widespread
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My mom's a concert pianist, so she started teaching me when I was around seven. When I was eight, I started writing my own songs, and kinda started putting piano and singing together. But I'm trained classically, which is a big influence on me, I think.
Birdy
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Singer
Eight
Influence
Pianist
Piano
Seven
Singing
Teaching
Mom Together Me
Big Influence
Concert
Concert Pianist
Putting
Trained
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When it comes to developing character strength, inner security and unique personal and interpersonal talents and skills in a child, no institution can or ever will compare with, or effectively substitute for, the home's potential for positive influence.
Stephen Covey
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Author
Positive
Strength
Home
Character
Children
Compare
Developing
Influence
Interpersonal
Positive Influence
Security
Skills
Unique
Child
Talents
Effectively
Substitute
Inner
Institution
Personal
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I have moved around a lot, and I've lived in all of these different environments - that has affected the kinds of music and the range of music and influences I've had in my life. All of those influences - more subconsciously - play into the music I make.
Tei Shi
/
Different
Influence
Kind
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The Americans have a very active presence and policy in every single part of the world and if we broke with them, we would lose any possibility of influencing them. They would go in for global unilateralism, and the world would be a more dangerous place.
Denis Healey
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Chancellor Of The Exchequer
Influence
World
Would Be
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I think the media can be a very positive influence by essentially holding people to task about the importance of high quality medical care. And when the media is scrutinizing you, then I think that's a very good, positive thing for the field of medicine.
Anthony Fauci
/
Quality
Importance
Influence
Media
Positive Influence
Essentially
Holding
Task
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We love the ability of the people to influence the actions of decision-makers, of lawmakers and presidents to be removed from or elevated to office by the will of voters, and of the community to connect amongst diverse populations through the ballot box.
Charles B. Rangel
/
Decision Makers
Diverse
Influence
Lawmakers
Voters
Actions
Love Community People
Box
Ballot
Ballot Box
Connect
Elevated
Presidents
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Every existence above a certain rank has its singular points; the higher the rank the more of them. At these points, influences whose physical magnitude is too small to be taken account of by a finite being may produce results of the greatest importance.
James Clerk Maxwell
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Physicist
Influence
May
Taken
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A lot of music influences me in other ways than this, but I've always taken a lot of influence from Stevie Wonder, Frank Ocean, and Jeff Rosenstock for the Rex music. They were also the first three artists that released albums where I enjoyed every song.
Rex Orange County
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Music
Ocean
Albums
Enjoyed
Frank
Influence
Song
Taken
Three
Wonder
Music Always Me
Always Me Song
Lot
Music Me Influence
Also
Music Me Song
Artists
Were
Every
First
Stevie
Jeff
Other
Released
Stevie Wonder
Ways
Where
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Dub has been a big influence in terms of production. It's inspired so many people and so much music - in terms of music where mixing desk was the instrument. Central to that is the echo chamber, and I think there's a little bit of a romantic thing there.
Mike D
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Drums
Romantic
Chamber
Influence
Little Bit
Mixing
Music Where People
Big Influence
Central
Desk
Dub
Echo
Instrument
Production
Terms
So Many People
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The honorable William Penn, late governor of Pennsylvania, was chosen agent to the Court of Britain, and directed to deliver the petition to the King himself and to endeavor by his personal influence to procure a favorable reception to this last address.
Mercy Otis Warren
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Writer
Kings
Agents
Britain
Chosen
Court
Endeavor
Honorable
Influence
Pennsylvania
Reception
Address
Agent
Deliver
Directed
Favorable
William
Governor
Penn
Petition
Procure
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I think my parents are the first influence on me music-wise. My dad was into Motown and soul, and my mom was into British '80s pop, like The Trashcan Sinatras. I grew up on that. It was great. They were the first people to really bring music into my life.
Clairo
/
Dad
Grew
Influence
Motown
Life Mom Great
Bring
Life Music Great
First People
Parents
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Donald Trump understands China influence. He's been talking about it since 1980. He understands it. The people that are on the other side of this, including his opponent, Hillary Clinton, have been part of every bad trade negotiation we've had since 1993.
Peter Navarro
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Professor
Clinton
Influence
People
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On a scale of the United States, the Hollywood influence on what comes out, that's not the majority views of across the country. What we read in Us Weekly or People magazine, or Entertainment Tonight, it's not what the majority of the country is thinking.
Kid Rock
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Multi-Instrumentalist
Country
Entertainment
Hollywood
Influence
Majority
States
Thinking
Tonight
United States
Views
Across
Scale
Read
Magazine
Us Weekly
Weekly
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America, a country that is no longer contained by physical borders, aspires only for more power and control. I want to maximize my usefulness and advocate for the preservation of biodiversity and the pursuit of human decency within my sphere of influence.
Anohni
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Biodiversity
Borders
Decency
Influence
Preservation
Pursuit
Usefulness
Advocate
Contained
Longer
Maximize
More Power
Physical
Sphere
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I don't really have a favorite bass player. I listen to a lot of bluegrass. But then again, I'm not a typical bluegrass bass player. I was really into the Grateful Dead, and I still am - I don't listen to them too much, but for me they are a big influence.
Mike Gordon
/
Bassist
Bluegrass
Grateful
Influence
Player
Typical
Bass Player
Big Influence
Grateful Dead
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Standing, as I believe the United States stands for humanity and civilization, we should exercise every influence of our great country to put a stop to that war which is now raging in Cuba and give to that island once more peace, liberty, and independence.
Henry Cabot Lodge
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Former United States Senator
Independence
War
Civilization
Cuba
Exercise
Great Country
Humanity
Influence
Liberty
Standing
States
United States
War Peace Great
Island
Once More
Raging
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We are well aware that religion is not as bad an influence as it was a short time ago, as history is counted. But it is a sufficiently bad influence even in modern times, and its reduced viciousness (in practice) is due plainly enough to its reduced power.
E. Haldeman-Julius
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Writer
Atheism
Influence
Practice
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If, however, the success of a politician is to be measured by the degree in which he is able personally to influence the course of politics, and attach to himself a school of political thought, then Mr. Mill, in the best meaning of the words, has succeeded.
Millicent Fawcett
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Writer
Degrees
Influence
Political
School
Attach
Mr
Degree
Meaning Of
Measured
Mill
Personally
Succeeded
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When consumers do not take full advantage of efficiency gains, it is because they are weighing other factors that influence their decision making. When the federal government arbitrarily places one of those factors over others, it makes consumers worse off.
Gina Mccarthy
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Administrator
Government
Advantage
Decision
Factors
Federal Government
Gains
Influence
Weighing
Full Advantage
Worse
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Donald Trump should not be underestimated. He'll say or do anything to suck the wind out of the news cycle. His reach and influence on social media are immense and are only rivaled by a tiny handful of people in the world. He's dirty. He doesn't fight fair.
Shaun King
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Football Player
Dirty
Handful
Immense
Influence
Media
News
Social
Social Media
Tiny
Trump
Underestimated
Wind
Cycle
Fight
Donald
Donald Trump
Fair
Reach
Suck
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Today's youth cannot miss something they have never known, but I fear that there are no current fictional characters whose impact and influence will last with such abiding affection into their 'sore and yellow' as this splendid man's creations have in mine!
Peter Cushing
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Actor
Affection
Impact
Influence
Splendid
Yellow
Youth
Abide
Miss
Creations
Current
Fictional
Mine
Sore
Whose
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Even though your emotions aren't wrong, that doesn't mean you have to stay stuck in a particular mood. You can certainly choose to make changes that will influence the way you feel. If you want to change the way you feel, change the way you think and behave.
Amy Morin
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Behave
Influence
Mood
Particular
Stuck
Certainly
Choose
Emotions
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Of any guitarist, Jimmy Page was my biggest influence. I wanted to look, think and play like him. Zeppelin had a heavy influence on Rush during our early days. Page's loose style of playing showed an immense confidence, and there are no rules to his playing.
Alex Lifeson
/
Musician
Confidence
Guitarist
Heavy
Immense
Influence
Jimmy
Rules
Biggest
Biggest Influence
Days
Early
Early Days
Loose
No Rules
Page
Rush
Zeppelin
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Each justice enters the Supreme Court possessing a record of opinion by which he or she is measured, and that without threat of election or outside influence, they will apply the Constitution as they always have; thus, it's ridiculous to assert the opposite.
Dana Loesch
/
Court
Election
Influence
Opinion
Possessing
Supreme
Supreme Court
Apply
Assert
He Or She
Measured
Thus
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The commercial broadcasters have tremendous influence in Washington, D.C., for a couple of reasons. First, they're extremely rich and they have lots of money and they have had for a long time, so they can give money to politicians, which gets their attention.
Robert Mcchesney
/
Broadcasters
Influence
Time Money Long
Lots
Tremendous
Commercial
Washington
Politicians
Extremely
Reasons
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Tom [Collins] was a great influence on me. He really pushed me...constantly demanded rewrites. And, as much as I despised them, it was the best thing that could have happened because he just wouldn't settle for less. It had to be right, and it had to be good.
Dean Dillon
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Musical Artist
Influence
Settling
Writing
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Cezanne had an enormous influence on everyone in that period; there was a change in attitudes to art. People found him disturbing because they didn't like their existing ideas being challenged and overturned. Cezanne was probably the key figure in my lifetime.
Henry Moore
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Sculptor
Disturbing
Enormous
Ideas
Influence
Lifetime
Attitudes
Challenged
Period
Existing
Figure
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Fame in itself is, you know... It involves a whole discussion on just that word, 'fame.' It's a power; it's another degree of power, to be famous. I think it's obvious: you have more influence the more well-known you are. And, hopefully, it's righteously used.
Harry Dean Stanton
/
Actor
Famous
Discussion
Fame
Influence
Obvious
Degree
Involves
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Britney Spears is a big influence. Huge. I think people thought I was joking about that for a long time. But when I was a teenager, there was a genuine connection with this sweet girl who also had this very sexual side that people didn't really want to accept.
Marina And The Diamonds
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Singer-Songwriter
Genuine
Influence
Long Time
Spears
Sweet Girl
Teenager
Accept
Big Influence
Britney
Britney Spears
Connection
Sexual
Joking
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There's those young girls that I once was, looking up to Mia Hamm, Christine Lilly, all those players, and I know how much of an effect they had on me. Knowing that, I feel like I'm in a position where I can really help be a positive influence in girls' lives.
Alex Morgan
/
Soccer Player
Christine
Influence
Position
Effect
How Much
Young Girls
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Growing up in northern California has had a big influence on my love and respect for the outdoors. When I lived in Oakland, we would think nothing of driving to Half Moon Bay and Santa Cruz one day and then driving to the foothills of the Sierras the next day.
Tom Hanks
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Actor
Respect
California
Cruz
Driving
Growing Up
Half
Influence
Moon
Next
Northern California
Oakland
One Day
Santa
Thinking
Bay
Big Influence
Northern
Outdoors
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Abstract Expressionism - the first American movement to have a worldwide influence - was remarkably short-lived: It heated up after World War II and was all but done for by 1960 (although visit any art school today and you'll find a would-be Willem de Kooning).
Jerry Saltz
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Art Critic
Abstract
Art School
Expressionism
Influence
Movement
Short Lived
World War Ii
Although
Heated
Remarkably
Visit
World War
Worldwide
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True as this is, it is also true that for one who won through there were many who gained nothing, and it was, and is, the sheer weight of numbers of those who failed of this that has made their influence on the modern life as pervasive and controlling as it is.
Ralph Adams Cram
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Architect
Influence
Modern Life
Numbers
Sheer
Weight
Controlling
Won
Failed
Gained
Pervasive
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My absolute favorite thing about working on 'Liv and Maddie' is my cast and crew. The people that I spend almost every hour of every day with. Your cast has great influence over the quality of your life, and I've been blessed with not just a cast, but a family.
Dove Cameron
/
Quality
Blessed
Crew
Influence
Life Family Great
Absolute
Almost
Cast
Favorite
Every Day
Favorite Thing
Spend
Hour
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The only compensation, gained through the influence of nongovernmental organizations, consisted in slightly broadening for private individuals the possibility of access and appeal to the agencies enforcing the Covenant concerned with civil and political rights.
Rene Cassin
/
Access
Agency
Compensation
Concerned
Covenant
Influence
Organization
Political Rights
Possibility
Rights
Agencies
Appeal
Broadening
Civil
Enforcing
Organizations
Gained
Individuals
Slightly
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The older I grow the more I see the influence of my family on my life. I didn't always see it. It was up to our parents to see that we had our education in a town that hadn't yet realized what racial prejudice was but actually knew and practiced it on occasion.
Katherine Dunham
/
Dancer
Education
Family
Influence
Prejudice
Life Family Always
Life Education Family
Life Education Always
Actually
Older
Parents
My Life
Occasion
Practiced
Racial
Realized
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I start looking for adjectives in news reporting, and if there are too many of them, if they're all sort of repeatedly designed to influence my thinking in a certain way, I start getting concerned. I'm leery of people trying to paint a picture in a certain way.
Thomas Sadoski
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Film Actor
Adjectives
Concerned
Influence
News
Paint
Picture
Certain Way
Thinking Start People
Designed
Repeatedly
Reporting
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The further you go in life, the more you realize what you're going to leave this Earth. It's not going to be, 'It was a great platform. It was great to win the Super Bowl,' but really and truly what you're going to leave on this Earth is the influence on others.
Joe Gibbs
/
Football Coach
Earth
Influence
Super Bowl
Bowl
Win
Leave
Further
Platform
Realize
Super
Truly
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The intercourse between the Mediterranean and the North or between the Atlantic and Central Europe was never purely economic or political; it also meant the exchange of knowledge and ideas and the influence of social institutions and artistic and literary forms.
Christopher Dawson
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Historian
Artistic
Europe
Influence
Intercourse
Social Institutions
Atlantic
Forms
Meant
Central
Exchange
Literary
Purely
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My first album, 'Get Lifted,' was a hip-hop soul album that had some of its roots in the church, as far as the sonic choices, in the way that I sing and write songs. I have always had that as part of my background and part of my influence when I am making music.
John Legend
/
Singer-Songwriter
Choices
Church
Hip Hop
Influence
Roots
Album
Music Always Soul
Background
Music Soul I Am
Lifted
Sonic
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To suggest that Quebecers willingly give up the chance to exercise fully their influence within the federal government would be to betray the historical role Quebec has always played in Confederation, and to undermine the legitimacy of their pride and ambitions.
Kim Campbell
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Former Prime Minister Of Canada
Chance
Government
Ambition
Betray
Betrayal
Confederation
Exercise
Federal Government
Giving Up
Historical
Influence
Legitimacy
Pride
Quebec
Within
Played
Federal
Fully
Give
Role
Suggest
Undermine
Willingly
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Whatever I think, talk and do is because of the influence of God. My music is a tribute to Him. Whenever I compose any music, I try to reach God. I would advice all the budding musicians to do the same and see the difference. Thanks to Him, I am what i am today.
Bappi Lahiri
/
Advice
Influence
Thanks
Tribute
Budding
Compose
Difference
Musicians
Reach
Whenever
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