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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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"I have no one style."
Oscar Peterson
"I have no one style."
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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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"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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"To understand a literary style, consider what it omits."
Mason Cooley
"To understand a literary style, consider what it omits."
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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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"Most style is not honest enough."
F. L. Lucas
"Most style is not honest enough."
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"Style is the perfection of a point of view."
Richard Eberhart
"Style is the perfection of a point of view."
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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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"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 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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"Nineties style isn't."
David Borenstein
"Nineties style isn't."
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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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"I never regarded my pictures as very much to be proud of, except in this, the craft, the style."
Douglas Sirk
"I never regarded my pictures as very much to be proud of, except in this, the craft, the style."
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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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"I wanted to get back to my style of 20 years ago after a long period of exploring horror and fantasy themes."
Dario Argento
"I wanted to get back to my style of 20 years ago after a long period of exploring horror and fantasy themes."
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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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"My style is all to myself."
John Lee Hooker
"My style is all to myself."
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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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"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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"Style is not neutral; it gives moral directions."
Martin Amis
"Style is not neutral; it gives moral directions."
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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 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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"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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"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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"Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn."
Gore Vidal
"Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn."
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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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"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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"The epic poet has behind him a tradition of matter and a tradition of style; and that is what every other poet has behind him too; only, for the epic poet, tradition is rather narrower, rather more strictly compelling."
Lascelles Abercrombie
"The epic poet has behind him a tradition of matter and a tradition of style; and that is what every other poet has behind him too; only, for the epic poet, tradition is rather narrower, rather more strictly compelling."
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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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"Without getting real personal, we liked our bass player Ed. He was a great guy and he was a good bass player but his playing was suited for a different style of band."
Lou Gramm
"Without getting real personal, we liked our bass player Ed. He was a great guy and he was a good bass player but his playing was suited for a different style of band."
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