- Influence
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- Nov 07, 2020
Style Quotes
Style is what's left after everything else settles.
Several of these track style as something that develops with experience, whether in a performer's technique or a scientist's approach to their own work. For a similar note on self-presentation, see our Look quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Hell
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have been robbed of three million dollars all told. Everyone today is playing my stuff and I don't even get credit. Kansas City style, Chicago style, New Orleans style hell, they're all Jelly Roll style.
- Elegance
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- Nov 07, 2020
I couldn't define my style; that's impossible. I like comfort and elegance with a bit of glamour thrown in. If I like something, I'll wear it for years.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Tao of Jen was very much the Tao of hiding everything that didn't look good. The Tao of Jen is wearing a cocktail dress with underwear with holes in it. The Tao of Jen is all style and no substance.
- Care
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have always tended toward a lush prose style, but I take care to modulate it from story to story and to strip it down entirely when necessary.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
When we started, I was just having fun with it I didn't even know about doing it for a living. It was a new style of music, a combo of punk and metal.
- Diary
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Diary of a Wimpy Kid' is my first book, and it's the fulfillment of a life-long dream. I had always wanted to be a cartoonist, but I found that it was very tough to break into the world of newspaper syndication. So I started playing with a style that mixed cartoons and 'traditional' writing, and that's how 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid' was born.
- Personality
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- Nov 07, 2020
My way of remaining French was the financing scheme I used for Quest for Fire, with Fox funds, since it started as a 100% American production. The film was not in French and yet was French in style, reflecting my personality.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's nothing classic about what's around now. I am a bit old-school. There are some things that are never out of fashion because they just look good. But if you want classic style these days you have to get it made.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are some things that are never out of fashion because they just look good. But if you want classic style these days you have to get it made.
- Football
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- Nov 07, 2020
In my position, I've always admired Claude Makelele. I grew up watching him play. I was able to play against him in the final stages of his career. I have always liked his way of playing football, and given my position and style, he's been a mirror to compare myself against.
- Canvas
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always loved the rustic, slightly worn style of Canvas and that element of an artisanal hand. It's so inherently chic.
- Language
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- Nov 07, 2020
I read 'The Young Landlords' and felt almost a chemical change. What I realized while reading that book was that I could write in my voice, use my tongue, my language, my style, and write a story.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
One thing that I think never goes out of style is just purity. Niceness and purity. And the Muppets have never lost that. Kermit especially is just wide-eyed wonder, unblinking. And he can't blink. Which I think probably helps.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020