Educating Rita - Influence

Influence

Geoffrey Sampson explains the title of his 1997 book, Educating Eve: The 'Language Instinct' Debate, as a deliberate allusion to Educating Rita.

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Famous quotes containing the word influence:

    “Standing armies can never consist of resolute robust men; they may be well-disciplined machines, but they will seldom contain men under the influence of strong passions, or with very vigorous faculties.”
    —Mary Wollstonecraft (1759–1797)

    “What do women want with votes, when they hold the sceptre of influence with which they can control even votes, if they wield it aright?”
    —Mrs. H. O. Ward (1824–1899)

    “Power lasts ten years; influence not more than a hundred.”
    —Korean proverb, quoted in Alan L. Mackay, The Harvest of a Quiet Eye (1977)