"A good style should show no signs of effort. What is written should seem a happy accident."
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"[Fashion is] a kind of vitamin for style."
"I am not interested only in telling a story, but I want to tell it my way. I don't want my accent, my temperament, my narrative style to be compromised to fit into a mold of the Hollywood type."
"Nail polish or false eyelashes isn't politics. If you have good politics, what you wear is irrelevant. I don't take dictation from the pig-o-cratic style setters who say I should dress like a middle-aged lady. My politics don't depend on whether my tits are in or out of a bra."
"Glamour is something you can't bear to be without once you're used to it."
"These reasonings are unconnected: "I am richer than you, therefore I am better"; "I am more eloquent than you, therefore I am better." The connection is rather this: "I am richer than you, therefore my property is greater than yours;" "I am more eloquent than you, therefore my style is better than yours." But you, after all, are neither property nor style."
"Each person has their own brand and style and the way they do things."
"Oh yes, the Klitschkos. They got to learn how to fight. Period. But I'll tell you one thing - they're great human specimens. And I'd be happy to be able to work with them. If they chose to work with me. They had an opportunity when they got free of Peter Kohl - they didn't come to me. You know, I'm with who's with me. And I really don't care what fighter it is. I would be happy to promote them..Who could beat Vitali? Rahman could beat Vitali. His style is suited to beat Vitali."
"Style means no shield at all. Style means no front at all. Style means ultimate naturalness. Style means one man alone with billions of men about."
"My personal style is eclectic, I would say. I always like to mix and match things. Uh, but the thing is that it changes every single day. So if I'm feeling you know a little more rebellious, one day I may dress a little more punk rock. But most of the time I say, pretty consistently, I'm feminine."
"Style is what gives value and currency to thoughts."
"If you are attacked as regards your style, never reply; it is for your work alone to make answer."
"At home, off-duty, I wear T-shirts from Fruit of the Loom - but I have them tailored."
"Reconnaissance memoranda should always be written in the simplest style and be purely descriptive. They should never stray from their objective by introducing extraneous ideas."
"Whenever you see somebody's style you feel like you get to know them a little bit better by how they're dressed."
"Fashion comes and goes but style lasts forever"
"Most women don't want to take the time to figure out their style. It's okay to experiment a little bit, but don't get too far from what looks good on you."
"The best style is the style you don't notice."
"If I had to do it all over again, rather than build an old style type of business, I would have started building a network marketing business."
"These French-style caramels are handmade in California. It's always hard to give them away!"