The Hidden Fortress was also the inspiration behind George Lucas ' Star Wars ( 1977 ).

The concept of the Four Freedoms became part of the personal mission undertaken by First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt regarding her inspiration behind the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights, General Assembly Resolution 217A.

Biblical scholars have speculated that Jonah may have been in part the inspiration behind the figure of Oannes in late Babylonian mythology.

Moog was the inspiration behind the 2004 film Moog.

Mike Myers has claimed his father was the inspiration behind Austin Powers.

The novel was also the inspiration behind the 1968 film Night of the Living Dead.

* Jerry West, given the nickname " The Logo " for being the inspiration behind the NBA logo

It is also the guiding principle behind devices like the several Chinese Buddhist music boxes that loop chanting of mantras, which in turn was the inspiration of the Buddha machine, an ambient-music generating device.

The cabin of the inspiration for Uncle Tom stood behind the plantation house.

This book presents the band's story behind their inspiration for their fight on poverty in Africa.

Legend has it, since debunked online, that a city of Excelsior resident, the late Jimmy Hutmaker, was the inspiration behind the Rolling Stones song " You Can't Always Get What you Want " after an encounter with Mick Jagger during a 1964 Stones concert at the drug store.

Others feel that a brand of flour, Raven, was the inspiration behind the name.

The story is the inspiration behind Texas author Larry McMurtry ’ s novel, Lonesome Dove.

Hanna as the inspiration behind the Crow Tribe's involvement in a July 1902 reenactment of the Little Bighorn Battle which took place in Sheridan.

It was once thought that the website AdamsLetter. com featured the inspiration behind the song, though this was later revealed as a fictitious story, and any " resemblance between the characters, places, and events to any real people is purely coincidental.

In describing her voice and signature sound he said, “ You can't hear elaborate harmonies with your conscious: you have to hear her voice with your subconscious .” He also mentioned that Norwood was the “ main inspiration ” behind the guitar work on the Red Hot Chili Pepper ’ s 2006 Grammy winning album, Stadium Arcadium.

Her career has left behind a legacy of controversy with some viewing her as impossibly idealistic, and others identifying her as an inspiration to be pursued.

Lewton's Cat People is clearly the inspiration behind an early Shields-Amiel film.

While Cowper found refuge in a fervent evangelical Christianity, the inspiration behind his much-loved hymns, he often experienced doubt and feared that he was doomed to eternal damnation.

With the Arcadia behind him, Sannazaro concentrated on Latin works of classical inspiration.

The skull was inspiration behind the album Melissa, and the title track of the album is very different from the rest of the album, as it is much slower than the other songs ( which are speedier and more aggressive ).

The inspiration behind the Yellow Brick Road is disputed.

According to the Anti-Defamation League, it is " probably the most widely read book among far-right extremists ; many have cited it as the inspiration behind their terrorist organizing and activity.

Additionally, an enhanced version of the lyrics and liner notes are available for download with personal messages from the band members on the history and / or inspiration ( s ) behind the songs.

The track " Open My Eyes " has been said to be the inspiration behind one of the earliest songs written by KISS, " Love Her All I Can ", a song originally intended for the pre-KISS band Wicked Lester.

But once Milne had, in his own words, " said goodbye to all that in 70, 000 words " ( the approximate length of his four principal children's books ), he had no intention of producing any reworkings lacking in originality, given that one of the sources of inspiration, his son, was growing older.

This simple melodic and harmonic progression had served as an inspiration for many baroque composers, and would be used by later romantic and post-romantic composers.

In them he concentrated on the idea that prophetic inspiration was possible even in post-Talmudic times, and, indeed, had taken place at various times and in various schools, from the Geonim to Maimonides and beyond.

According to Tacitus, they drew inspiration from the example of Arminius, the prince of the Cherusci who had driven the Romans out of Germany in AD 9, and their own ancestors who had driven Julius Caesar from Britain.

Bartók's music reflects two trends that dramatically changed the sound of music in the 20th century: the breakdown of the diatonic system of harmony that had served composers for the previous two hundred years ( Griffiths 1978, 7 ); and the revival of nationalism as a source for musical inspiration, a trend that began with Mikhail Glinka and Antonín Dvořák in the last half of the 19th century ( Einstein 1947, 332 ).

Thomas acknowledged that he returned to Wales when he had difficulty writing, and John Ackerman argues that " His inspiration and imagination were rooted in his Welsh background ".

First, in the aftermath of the Second World War, the convention, drawing on the inspiration of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights can be seen as part of a wider response of the Allied Powers in delivering a human rights agenda through which it was believed that the most serious human rights violations which had occurred during the Second World War ( most notably, the Holocaust ) could be avoided in the future.

Coppola credited his inspiration for making the film to a suggestion from middle school students who had read the novel.

Soldiers returning from the war would provide the inspiration for films like The Best Years of Our Lives, and many of those in the film industry had served in some capacity during the war.

Escoffier took inspiration for his work from personal recipes in addition to recipes from Carême, Dubois and ideas from Taillevent's Viander, which had a modern version published in 1897.

Another version of the story was that the group had gotten inspiration for writing the song after hearing The Orioles ' rock ' n ' roll version of Big Joe Williams ' hit, " Baby Please Don't Go ", taking its melody from the song.

" I had the inspiration to get hold of the item about the strange fish.

Amongst those who followed these ideas were the English poets and painters that constituted the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, who, from about 1850, opposed the dominant trend of industrial Victorian England, because of their " opposition to technical skill without inspiration " They were influenced by the writings of the art critic John Ruskin ( 1819 – 1900 ), who had strong feelings about the role of art in helping to improve the lives of the urban working classes, in the rapidly expanding industrial cities of Britain.

But the prophets had delivered their prophecies under the inspiration of the world-creating angels: wherefore those who had their hope in him and in Helen minded them no more, and, as being free, did what they pleased ; for men were saved according to his grace, but not according to just works.

This album, which drew inspiration from both soul and Motown, was produced by Mike Hedges, who had replaced Roger Bechirian as the Undertones ' producer following the 1981 release of Positive Touch.

Part of Markstein's inspiration came from his research into World War II, where he found that some people had been incarcerated in a resort-like prison called Inverlair Lodge.

In those writings Bahá ' u ' lláh writes that the Universal House of Justice would assume authority over the religion, and would consider matters that had not been covered by himself ; he stated that the members of the institution would be assured of divine inspiration, and have the regard for all peoples and safe-guard their honour.

Scott drew his inspiration from Goethe's play Goetz von Berlichingen which he had translated, incorrectly.

Before entering Parliament he had already substituted a High Church Anglican attitude, with its dependence upon authority and tradition, for the evangelical outlook of his boyhood, with its reliance upon the direct inspiration of the Bible.

Sam's death also had a great effect on Jack's emotional state, as Sam was arguably Jack's inspiration and favorite brother.

Rudolph had a special, personal reason to hope for victory — to pay tribute to Jesse Owens, the celebrated American athlete who had been her inspiration, also the star of the 1936 Summer Olympics, held in Berlin, Germany.