"We can't influence anything other than what we do in the build-up and preparation for the games.
I don't think I influence anything personally, although I suppose the unexpected success of The One Show must have had some effect on the industry's thinking.
"It doesn't influence anything I do," Dr. Bailes said, adding that his committee is not responsible for selecting projects for financing.
"It's never bothered me, I can't influence anything that I don't know the ins and outs of," he said.
I can't say that Gabriel García Márquez, Alejo Carpentier, José Donoso, and Clarice Lispector directly influenced anything in the book — but I was haunted by the way that they regarded their own eccentric visions with an almost mystical reverence.
Though the Old Town Development Trust is involved in some positive steps – including gardening projects to make the community more visible to tourists – he is far from convinced that it can influence anything of substance.
"We cannot look back, we cannot think history influences anything," he said.
"And during that time I feel that the chief executive should not be there so he cannot influence anything of the discussions that take place.
It doesn't influence anything.
"I don't want to influence anything".
