Viola Davis

It became motivation as opposed to something else - the thing about poverty is that it starts affecting your mind and your spirit because people don't see you. I chose from a very young age that I didn't want that for my life. And it very much has helped me appreciate and value the things that are in my life now because I never had it.

American Actress

Michelle Obama

I can't say this enough - the food that you put into your bodies can actually help you get better grades. And it can also affect your performance in sports and other activities too. You see, when you give your body the best possible fuel, you have more energy, you're stronger, you think more quickly.

American First Lady

Lady Gaga

I've been actually really very pleased to see how much awareness was raised around bullying, and how deeply it affects everyone. You know, you don't have to be the loser kid in high school to be bullied. Bullying and being picked on comes in so many different forms.

American Singer

Sergio Ramos

You have to give the Ballon d'Or to the best player in the world at that time. Any differences between what the players are like as individuals should not affect who is chosen for a personal award.

Spanish Athlete

Jocko Willink

If you wake up whenever you want, and you slept for 10 hours, and you're lazy getting out of bed, then I believe that affects your whole life in a negative way.

American

Milton Friedman

The most important ways in which I think the Internet will affect the big issue is that it will make it more difficult for government to collect taxes.

American Economist

Yoko Ono

What we do really affects the world. Most of us think we can't do anything, but it really isn't true.

American Artist

Yuzvendra Chahal

I have never let the personal life affect my professional life.

Fareed Zakaria

Things happening around the world are affecting you and me.

American Journalist

Gordon Getty

I don't think events in your life affect your music.

American Businessman

The effect is direct when 'affect' is used. Look for what is influenced.

Context Matters

'Affect' doesn't imply a negative influence; the context determines it.

Not Always Negative

'Affect' is the action; 'effect' is the result. They are often confused.

Confusion With 'Effect'

Use to describe pretending, not genuine feelings or emotions.

Disguising Emotions

This use can add a sophisticated or sarcastic tone to the statement.

Sophisticated Tone

The noun form in art and psychology refers to elicited emotion.

Artistic Emotion

It's not just mood but a deeper emotional response from art.

More Than Mood

In medical contexts, 'affect' relates to a physical response.

Medical Response

Can imply a rapid reaction in medical or psychological settings.

Immediate Response

 depression is one of the biggest problems now affecting schools around the world and don't be surprised if the whole thing in the end is a source of more frustration than it is success for a lot of people and my answer for a lot of education systems is that you know often policymakers scratch their head and think how can we solve all these

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 the difference may not be apparent to a casual observer. But recent advances in brain imaging technology have given neurolinguists a glimpse into how specific aspects of language learning affect the bilingual brain. It's well known that the brain's left hemisphere is more dominant and analytical in logical processes,

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 Since sugar is everywhere, it's important to understand how it affects the brain. What happens when sugar hits your tongue? And does eating a little bit of sugar make you crave more? You take a bite of cereal. The sugars it contains activate the sweet-taste receptors,

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 but the people around them suffer. Taken to the extreme, this behavior is classified as a psychological disorder called narcissistic personality disorder. It affects one to two percent of the population, more commonly men. It is also a diagnosis reserved for adults.

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 and exposure to triggers can't always be controlled. This is where inhalers, the primary treatment for asthma, come in. These medications help asthmatics both control and prevent their asthma symptoms. Inhalers transport medication along the affected airways

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 help shift the body into a state where tissue is repaired and grown. This vital repair process mainly occurs when we're resting, especially at night while sleeping. Gender and age affect this repair mechanism, which is why young men with more testosterone

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 People affected have little or no control over their obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviors, which tend to be time consuming and interfere with work, school or social life to the point of causing significant distress.

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 a non-English speaking country, a non-Western country, a non-liberal democratic country. And if you don't think that's going to affect the way in which the world happens in the future,

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 my early life made it more important to have somebody care about me my my brothers and sisters and how that affected us most of the guys I knew were all ready to go knock the trottin

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 life sadly local opinions are increasingly affected by bigger changes sweeping across the region

Affect

To have an influence on someone or something.

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To pretend to have or feel something.

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The emotional response or mood that is inspired by an artistic work.

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Change or variation in the body's response.

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