"Style is a simple way of saying complicated things."

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"Style is a simple way of saying complicated things."

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"The ear disapproves but tolerates certain musical pieces; transfer them into the domain of our nose, and we will be forced to flee."

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"We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those we don't like?"

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"The poet never asks for admiration; he wants to be believed."

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"Take a commonplace, clean it and polish it, light it so that it produces the same effect of youth and freshness and originality and spontaneity as it did originally, and you have done a poet's job. The rest is literature."

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Chuck Klosterman, American Critic

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"You cannot have your cake and eat it."

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"I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

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"Rather than saying that the commissioner is hired by the owners and therefore is subservient to them, you have to look at whether or not the players are getting a fair shake."

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"I don't know why I'm saying I'm brave."

Diane Sawyer, American Journalist

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"Fat is a way of saying no to powerlessness and self-denial."

Susie Orbach, British Psychotherapist

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"It was just us lampooning our own peer group, saying, well hey, where did this stuff come from? And where does British guys get to be so good at it suddenly?"

Neil Innes, British Writer

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"The main objective in any song, the songs that I write, has always been that it reflect the way I feel, that it touch me when I'm finished with it, that it moves me, that it can take me along with it and involve me in what its saying."

Neil Diamond, American Musician

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"At least when it's in French, I won't know what the heck they're saying."

Frank Robinson, American Athlete

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"I just think that all of us in this room should have a voice in how the USA is represented. And he don't allow us our voice, that's all I'm saying."

Eddie Vedder, American Musician

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