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Such labour'd nothings, in so strange a style, Amaze th' unlearn'd and make the learned smile.

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I might say that what amateurs call a style is usually only the unavoidable awkwardnesses in first trying to make something that has not heretofore been made.

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No artist has ethical sympathies. An ethical sympathy in an artist is an unpardonable mannerism of style.

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In all unimportant matters, style, not sincerity, is the essential. In all important matters, style, not sincerity, is the essential.

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Arguments are like eels: however logical, they may slip from the minds weak grasp unless fixed there by imagery and style.

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What counts more than style is whether architecture improves our experience of the built world; whether it makes us wonder why we never noticed places in quite this way before.

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He never chooses an opinion; he just wears whatever happens to be in style.

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The first rule for a good style is to have something to say; in fact, this in itself is almost enough.

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Switzerland is a small, steep country, much more up and down than sideways, and is all stuck over with large brown hotels built on the cuckoo clock style of architecture.

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If the life-supporting ecosystems of the planet are to survive for future generations, the consumer society will have to dramatically curtail its use of resources - partly by shifting to high-quality, low-input durable goods and partly by seeking fulfillment through leisure, human relationships, and other nonmaterial avenues. We in the consumer society will have to live a technologically sophisticated version of the life-style currently practiced lower on the economic ladder.

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His style is chaos illumined by flashes of lightning. As a writer he has mastered everything except language.

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To be claimed as a good, though in an improper style, is at least better than being rejected as no good at all.

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He most honors my style who learns under it to destroy the teacher.

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Lethargy bordering on sloth remains the cornerstone of our investment style. The exception was Wells Fargo, a superbly-managed, high-return banking operation in which we increased our ownership to just under 10%, the most we can own without the approval of the Federal Reserve Board.

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The requirements of health, and the style of female attire which custom enjoins, are in direct antagonism to each other.

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