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"Style? I have no style."
Anatoly Karpov
"Style? I have no style."
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"If I make two films in a year, they'll be different. This is my style - I can't have just one way."
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
"If I make two films in a year, they'll be different. This is my style - I can't have just one way."
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"I don't have any style."
Guillermo Cabrera Infante
"I don't have any style."
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"The style depends on the subject."
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
"The style depends on the subject."
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"He has found his style, when he cannot do otherwise."
Paul Klee
"He has found his style, when he cannot do otherwise."
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"Fashions fade, style is eternal."
Yves Saint Laurent
"Fashions fade, style is eternal."
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"Only great minds can afford a simple style."
Stendhal
"Only great minds can afford a simple style."
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"To understand a literary style, consider what it omits."
Mason Cooley
"To understand a literary style, consider what it omits."
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"I have no one style."
Oscar Peterson
"I have no one style."
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"Taste is changing, style is changing, and players' abilities are changing."
Neville Marriner
"Taste is changing, style is changing, and players' abilities are changing."
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"Every top player has his own style, just as every painter has his own personal signature."
Vladimir Kramnik
"Every top player has his own style, just as every painter has his own personal signature."
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"Style is something that's extremely important, but it must grow naturally out of who and what you are and what the material calls for. It cannot be superimposed."
William Friedkin
"Style is something that's extremely important, but it must grow naturally out of who and what you are and what the material calls for. It cannot be superimposed."
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"Every violinist has a different style, so it's important to be able to recognise their styles. You don't have to like everyone's style but you have to know these styles."
Ruggiero Ricci
"Every violinist has a different style, so it's important to be able to recognise their styles. You don't have to like everyone's style but you have to know these styles."
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"I've always been obsessed with style and glamor and if I want anyone to get anything out of my book, it's how we can all have them in our lives."
Rachel Zoe
"I've always been obsessed with style and glamor and if I want anyone to get anything out of my book, it's how we can all have them in our lives."
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"Don't settle for style. Succeed in substance."
Wynton Marsalis
"Don't settle for style. Succeed in substance."
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"Most style is not honest enough."
F. L. Lucas
"Most style is not honest enough."
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"I'm very out of style... or I should say I have my own style."
Alexandra Paul
"I'm very out of style... or I should say I have my own style."
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"Every individual has his own style, his own way of presenting himself on and off the field."
Sachin Tendulkar
"Every individual has his own style, his own way of presenting himself on and off the field."
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"I guess my style is a cross between David Bowie and Clint Eastwood."
Dylan McDermott
"I guess my style is a cross between David Bowie and Clint Eastwood."
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"I'm a child of the 70's; influenced mostly by albums that had a wide variety of style."
Kip Winger
"I'm a child of the 70's; influenced mostly by albums that had a wide variety of style."
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"I can't pretend to be enjoying this. I can't pretend I'm enjoying going out there and playing this style."
Tiffeny Milbrett
"I can't pretend to be enjoying this. I can't pretend I'm enjoying going out there and playing this style."
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"Like, I kind of developed my musical style in a vacuum. Even though I listen to a lot of stuff, the way I wrote was in my bedroom, really privately. It's still the way I write, actually."
Liz Phair
"Like, I kind of developed my musical style in a vacuum. Even though I listen to a lot of stuff, the way I wrote was in my bedroom, really privately. It's still the way I write, actually."
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"It ain't about if he knocks a guy out. It's about how he knocks a guy out. It's the style, the improvisation."
Don King
"It ain't about if he knocks a guy out. It's about how he knocks a guy out. It's the style, the improvisation."
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"I am against the notion of style in itself."
Guillermo Cabrera Infante
"I am against the notion of style in itself."
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"I didn't know a damn thing about style."
Michael Bergin
"I didn't know a damn thing about style."
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"They've got this house style which is writer driven. I heard of one person who sent his script in, and Karen Berger said there weren't enough words in it. Put some more in."
Eddie Campbell
"They've got this house style which is writer driven. I heard of one person who sent his script in, and Karen Berger said there weren't enough words in it. Put some more in."
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"Storytelling and elegant style don't always go hand in hand."
Donna Tartt
"Storytelling and elegant style don't always go hand in hand."
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"It's a matter of style. The Evan Hunter style and the Ed McBain style are very, very different."
Evan Hunter
"It's a matter of style. The Evan Hunter style and the Ed McBain style are very, very different."
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"No matter how subtle the wizard, a knife between the shoulder blades will cramp his style."
Steven Brust
"No matter how subtle the wizard, a knife between the shoulder blades will cramp his style."
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"Over the years I attempted to make my style a bit more relaxed 'cause the initial style you couldn't watch for more than ten minutes without wanting to kill me."
Jo Brand
"Over the years I attempted to make my style a bit more relaxed 'cause the initial style you couldn't watch for more than ten minutes without wanting to kill me."
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"Style is the hallmark of a temperament stamped upon the material at hand."
Andre Maurois
"Style is the hallmark of a temperament stamped upon the material at hand."
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"But what I like to sing mostly is blues and cabaret style."
Moira Kelly
"But what I like to sing mostly is blues and cabaret style."
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"All writers are mimics, and I'm not interested in picking up somebody else's style or voice."
Thomas Perry
"All writers are mimics, and I'm not interested in picking up somebody else's style or voice."
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"My vocal style I haven't tried to copy from anyone. It just developed until it became the girlish whine it is today."
Robert Plant
"My vocal style I haven't tried to copy from anyone. It just developed until it became the girlish whine it is today."
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"I don't have the notion that everybody has to write in some single academic style."
Clifford Geertz
"I don't have the notion that everybody has to write in some single academic style."
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"I am not a grammarian. Maybe my style is eccentric."
Dorothy Kilgallen
"I am not a grammarian. Maybe my style is eccentric."
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"Todd and I have a very complementary working style ."
Sam Wood
"Todd and I have a very complementary working style ."
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"I'd very much like to create my own style as a photographer, even if it's just for myself."
Graeme Le Saux
"I'd very much like to create my own style as a photographer, even if it's just for myself."
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"It's possible to become so comfortable with one's style and structure that one ceases to grow."
Lynn Abbey
"It's possible to become so comfortable with one's style and structure that one ceases to grow."
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"Style is not neutral; it gives moral directions."
Martin Amis
"Style is not neutral; it gives moral directions."
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"I shed many a tear when the steam engines went out of style on the railroads. I'd like to seem them come back, but I realize the diesels are more efficient."
Clyde Tombaugh
"I shed many a tear when the steam engines went out of style on the railroads. I'd like to seem them come back, but I realize the diesels are more efficient."
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"One forges one's style on the terrible anvil of daily deadlines."
Emile Zola
"One forges one's style on the terrible anvil of daily deadlines."
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"Well, in features, and in writing especially, it's often the style of the writer comes in."
Kurt Loder
"Well, in features, and in writing especially, it's often the style of the writer comes in."
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"I have invented the Thermometer style."
Josef Albers
"I have invented the Thermometer style."
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"Create your own visual style... let it be unique for yourself and yet identifiable for others."
Orson Welles
"Create your own visual style... let it be unique for yourself and yet identifiable for others."
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"I'm sorry if the following sounds combative and excessively personal, but that's my general style."
Ian Jackson
"I'm sorry if the following sounds combative and excessively personal, but that's my general style."
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"He most honors my style who learns under it to destroy the teacher."
Walt Whitman
"He most honors my style who learns under it to destroy the teacher."
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"Once you've done one style, you leave it for a while."
Fiona Shaw
"Once you've done one style, you leave it for a while."
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"A little bit of this, a little bit of that. I never had any specific style."
Al Hirt
"A little bit of this, a little bit of that. I never had any specific style."
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"Well, that's the secret of commerciality, a simple style and you stick with it."
Les Baxter
"Well, that's the secret of commerciality, a simple style and you stick with it."
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