#style

No way of life so entrenched will ever 'wither away' - it must be helped, with dynamite, if need be. ↗

— Joyce Carol Oates

#change

The first rule of style is to have something to say. The second rule of style is to control yourself when, by chance, you have two things to say; say first one, then the other, not both at the same time. ↗

— George Pólya

#style #communication

Personally, I think young musicians need to learn to play more than one style. Jazz can only enhance the classical side, and classical can only enhance the jazz. I started out playing classical, because you have to have that as a foundation. ↗

— Doc Severinsen

#classical #enhance #foundation #i #i think

The type of leukemia that I am dealing with is treatable. So if I do what my doctors tell me to do - get my blood checked regularly, take my meds and consult with my doctor and follow any additional instructions he might make - I will be able to maintain my good health and live my life with a minimum of disruptions to my lifestyle. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#additional #am #any #blood #checked

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

#compelling #epic #every #him #matter

One of the reasons why you like to do your own drawings is, your style changes over time. And there's something about that that keeps it fresh to the viewer. ↗

— Scott Adams

#changes #drawings #fresh #keeps #like

As an academic, this was not the lifestyle I had planned for myself. Now I see myself everywhere. ↗

— Ahmet Davutoglu

#everywhere #had #i #i see #lifestyle

It was a wild time - a time that I don't miss anymore. But then again, I'm 62 years old now and I think that lifestyle would probably put me where Frank's at now. ↗

— Jimmy Carl Black

#anymore #frank #i #i think #lifestyle

If you didn't know that I am an actress, I don't think you could tell from my lifestyle. I cook and cook and cook. I like to be with my daughter. She's 16, so of course I bore her. ↗

— Karen Black

#am #bore #cook #could #course

With guys I revere, like Marcus Garvey or Malcolm X, their look is less about style than purpose and the expression of beauty. It wasn't just about being noticed, you know? ↗

— Mos Def

#beauty #being #expression #guys #i