Your political reputation affects how likely allies are to trust you and what kind of deals they'll offer at the negotiating table. There's also some emotional response in there so factions do bear grudges. Just like the real thing.

Travel definitely affects me as a writer.

Well the rollout of new technology always affects how wizards do business.

Technology is the fashion of the '90s. It affects everyone and everyone is interested in it - either from fear of being left behind or because they have a real need to use technology.

It's hard to pay attention these days because of multiple affects of the information technology nowadays. You tend to develop a faster speedier mind but I don't think it's necessarily broader or smarter.

A teacher affects eternity he can never tell where his influence stops.

The tax on capital gains directly affects investment decisions the mobility and flow of risk capital... the ease or difficulty experienced by new ventures in obtaining capital and thereby the strength and potential for growth in the economy.

The trouble is it's very difficult to pin-point the most important thing because Aids affects everyone in different levels of society differently and you have to respond to it differently.

I think the deafness affects me more than I realise I think it makes me more tired. I loathe parties. I attend smile and leave.

I personally don't believe people really grow. They just learn stuff when they were a kid and hold on to it and that affects every relationship they have.