Style Quotes - Page 19

• in Divorce American style, there was the discomfort of seeing one of the beautiful wasted actresses of the screen, Jean Simmons. Her suggestions of sensibility - what she embodies - were too fine for the world of that movie. Her presence made the movie she was trapped in seem uglier.

  Jean Simmons

  Beautiful, Divorce, Suggestions

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• It has not been the style of Canadian politicians to write of their experiences, although it is the common practice for British, French, and American Politicians upon their retirement. But I have been criticized before and I expect to be again.

  Judy LaMarsh

  Retirement, Writing, Practice

  Judy LaMarsh (1969). “Memoirs of a Bird in a Gilded Cage”, Toronto ; Montreal : McClelland and Stewart

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• There are two ways of confronting the country's problems.One is through a management style based on adventurism, instability, play-acting, exaggerations, wrongdoing, being secretive, self-importance, superficiality and ignoring the law. The second way is based on realism, respect, openness, collective wisdom and avoiding extremism.

  Mir-Hossein Mousavi

  Country, Law, Play

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• They say the average bank robber lives within say about 20 miles of the bank that he robs There's this little bank not so far from here I've been watching now for a while Seems like lately alls I can think about is how bad I wanna go out in style

  Todd Snider

  Thinking, Average, Littles

  "Song: "Statistician's Blues" ("Near Truths and Hotel Rooms")". 2002.

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• Just like styles change, music changes.

  Isaac

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• In designing Supergirl, I wanted to embrace the past but more importantly, thrust her into the street-style action hero of today.

  Colleen Atwood

  Hero, Past, Design

  " First Photos of Supergirl Revealed" by Matt Fowler, www.ign.com. March 06, 2015.

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• Big L is my favorite rapper of all time. He got killed quite a few years ago now but I think he's amazing and he kind of inspires me like his style inspires me. I don't think there's been anyone better since. I mean, Biggie Smalls is definitely on the top of the list but Big L is like the underdog, I like to give him the edge.

  Andy Milonakis

  Mean, Thinking, Rapper

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• I'm pretty much able to play any style. I'm not here to demand 40 or 50 shots. But I would like 30.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Basketball, Nba, Play

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• In one particular chapter in Ulysses, James Joyce imitates every major writing style that's been used by English and American writers over the last 700 years - starting with Beowulf and Chaucer and working his way up through the Renaissance, the Victorian era and on into the 20th century.

  Frederick Lenz

  Writing, Years, Way

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• It is great to work on different scripts with different directors who have different styles. You get so much experience from that.

  Devon Bostick

  Directors, Different, Scripts

  Source: collider.com

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• It is indeed not easy to distinguish affectation from habit; he that has once studiously developed a style, rarely writes afterwards with complete ease.

  Samuel Johnson

  Writing, Ease, Habit

  Samuel Johnson, Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay (1854). “Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observation on Their Works”, p.64

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• A lot of artists come into the game with a radio record, but they don't establish the fans as fans of their style of music. It's just that they're a fan of that song, and after that song plays out, it's real hard for 'em.

  Nipsey Hussle

  Song, Real, Artist

  Source: www.complex.com

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• I think that was one thing I definitely brought to the table, my aggressiveness and my style of play, and I think that's one of the reasons why the fans here really appreciated the way that I went out and played, just because I think they kind of liked that.

  Latrell Sprewell

  Sports, Thinking, Play

  Latrell Sprewell during Press Conference, www.insidehoops.com. October 11, 2003.

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• While it is challenging working with a kid, because they're so of the moment all the time. My acting style is to try to take something from my life that the character can relate to and that I can relate the character to.

  Kyra Sedgwick

  Character, Kids, Challenges

  "Kyra Sedgwick Talks Loverboy and The Closer". Interview with Julian Roman, movieweb.com. June 21, 2006.

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• Economics is important because it's possible to buy the places that are necessary to live in relative inaccessibility and seclusion, or to move with a bit of style and chicness into the middle of civilization.

  Frederick Lenz

  Success, Moving, Buddhism

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• Yeah, we pretty much had a form and a shape by that time - a style - and I think one of the advantages of not having any relationship to any other puppeteer was that it gave me a reason to put those together myself for the needs of television.

  Jim Henson

  Thinking, Together, Needs

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• The church has contributed nothing to civilization. It has progressed somewhat, and it has become a little more decent, in reflection of the movements of civilization that have taken place outside of the church and usually in the face of the strong opposition of the church. But the church has always resisted the process of civilization. It has struggled to the last ditch, by fair means and foul, to preserve as long as it could the vestiges of ancient and medieval theology, with all the puerile moralities and harsh customs and medieval styles of belief.

  E. Haldeman-Julius

  Strong, Taken, Mean

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• Any attempt to break with the past, or with existing social structures, is a failure if it leads to a bored, listless, and colourless style of life; assertive and enduring innovation, like the mastering of a new environment, requires the confidence and discipline which are founded on exuberant emotions.

  John Carroll

  Past, Discipline, Bored

  John Carroll (2010). “Break-Out from the Crystal Palace: The Anarcho-Psychological Critique: Stirner, Nietzsche, Dostoevsky”, p.78, Taylor & Francis

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• Your style is formed by what you can't do.

  Larry Gelbart

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• I feel that in the past, my style has shown itself to be capable of handling dark and light in the same paragraph, or even in the same sentence. That's something I almost take for granted. I think it was more a concern to get the details right and persuasively recreate the world I was trying to write about.

  Michael Chabon

  Writing, Dark, Thinking

  Interview with Scott Tobias, www.avclub.com. November 22, 2000.

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• I probably could have a hip-hop-style entourage of 40 people coming with me to the club or whatever, and I don't do that. And I think sometimes maybe I should. It just makes things easier - if you don't like being by yourself, maybe just don't do it ever.

  Jack White

  Being Yourself, Thinking, People

  Source: www.usatoday.com

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• I'm really just a throw-my-hair-into-a-ponytail kind of girl. I don't like styles that are too neat or too done. I don't think I'll ever go too crazy with colors. I stick with my main two: goldish-blonde or black.

  Trina

  Girl, Crazy, Thinking

  Source: www.browngirlgumbo.com

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• Once established, a successful style looks like an inevitability - maybe that's the definition of a successful style - but there's often the time when it looks like anything but.

  David Salle

  Successful, Looks, Definitions

  "John Baldessar". Interview with David Salle, www.interviewmagazine.com. October 9, 2013.

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• I think my style revolves around the philosophy that less is more, that simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. That goes for my taste in design and in clothes, and even affects the way I approach music. I'm all about keeping things simple, and minimal, but being able to convey something powerful through that approach.

  G-Eazy

  Powerful, Philosophy, Simple

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• I love everything about what we [Suicide Silence] do, and our life style. It's an insane way to live when you spend most of your time inside a plane, tour bus, or in a back stage. All over this massive place we call earth.

  Mitch Lucker

  Suicide, Silence, Insane

  Source: puregrainaudio.com

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