G. Bruce Boyer Quotes

The style of studied nonchalance is the psychological triumph of grace over order.

G. Bruce Boyer

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• As a woman, my style defines my leadership. It's a gentler, more compassionate approach. I consult, I listen and I compromise where it's in the best interest of the citizens.

  

  Kamla Persad-Bissessar
  • Style
  • Best
  • Woman

• I've always written songs that were confessional, acoustic, wordy - my writing style matches my personality. The music always has to match the mouth it comes out of.

  

  Camila Cabello Fifth Harmony
  • Music
  • Writing
  • Style

• I love Rihanna. I think her style just pushes a lot of boundaries. My tomboy side takes inspiration from her.

  

  Hailey Bieber
  • Love
  • Style
  • Inspiration

• One of the reasons we all still read Jane Austen is because her books are about universal things which still matter today - love, money, family. They haven't gone out of fashion, so it's not throwing the baby out with the bathwater to rework her in a contemporary style.

  

  Val McDermid
  • Family
  • Style
  • Things

• I don't care about what people might call my style. It's just like when people call my music 'jangly,' 'dream,' 'oceanside,' whatever - I don't care. I'm just wearing whatever I can scrap together.

  

  Mac DeMarco
  • People
  • Music
  • Together

• I can be collaborative, for instance, in situations where I go and study the artist's work before I start writing. Then I can at least try to write towards their style.

  

  Warren Ellis
  • Work
  • Writing
  • Style

• I started playing chess when I was five years old. I learned the moves from my mother, then worked with my father - and later trainers. My style became very technical. I sacrificed a lot of things. I was always hunting for the king, for the mate. I'd forget about my other pieces.

  Garry Kasparov
  • Mother
  • Father
  • Style

• I would describe my personal style as eclectic.

  

  Victoria Justice
  • Style
  • Personal Style

• It would be great to make a movie that had the style of a great '30's film.

  

  Laura Dern
  • Great
  • Movie
  • Style

• Too many jazz pianists limit themselves to a personal style, a trademark, so to speak. They confine themselves to one type of playing.

  

  Oscar Peterson
  • Style
  • Speak
  • Jazz

• I grew up riding horses since I was eight. I rode English style and competed every weekend. I had two horses, Scout and Camille, and they were my babies. It taught me a lot about responsibility and commitment. I hope horses will always be in my life.

  

  Halston Sage
  • Life
  • Up
  • Hope

• When you buy things that are expensive, like a sofa or something that really feels like an investment, you need to keep it as plain as possible, as simple as possible. Make sure that it's a clean design that will work with whatever style you want it to.

  

  Nate Berkus
  • Work
  • Simple
  • Style

• I owe my career to Latina women. I was surrounded by the amazing group: my mother, my aunts, my extended family. They didn't necessarily have access to high fashion, but they had great style and looked stunning naturally at every age.

  

  Narciso Rodriguez
  • Great
  • Women
  • Family

• The church of St. Peter at Berlin, notwithstanding the total difference between them in the style of building, appears in some respects to have a great resemblance to St. Paul's in London.

  

  Karl Philipp Moritz
  • Great
  • Church
  • Style

• I've always been obsessed with style and glamor and if I want anyone to get anything out of my book, it's how we can all have them in our lives.

  

  Rachel Zoe
  • Book
  • Want
  • Style

• I really do feel now that the way I dress onstage and for work is a true reflection of my own sense of style as well.

  

  Rachel Stevens
  • Work
  • True
  • Style

• It's fun to be an actor and dress up, but I'm happy being me and just loving accepting my personal style.

  

  India de Beaufort
  • Up
  • Happy
  • Fun

• Be comfortable. I think if you're comfortable, you exude confidence, and that leads to good style.

  

  Orlando Bloom
  • Good
  • Style
  • Confidence

• 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.

  

  Haile Gerima
  • Style
  • Hollywood
  • Mold

• He knows I rip him off every day. He's the godfather for me. Nobody can say they aren't influenced by what Stevie Wonder has done.

  

  Brian McKnight
  • Done
  • Wonder
  • Rip

• I like to play around with people who don't know me. Often I'm talking to people through my speaker phone, and after 10 minutes or so they say, 'Wait a minute, Marlee, how can you hear me?' They forget I have an interpreter there who is signing to me as they talk. So I say, 'You know what? I can hear on Wednesdays.'

  

  Marlee Matlin
  • People

• I've been really trying to hone the art of songwriting in a way that doesn't follow any sort of guideline.

  

  James Blake
  • Trying
  • Art

• Some days, Rafe Sullivan hated his job. The elegantly dressed woman seated in front of him had tears streaming down her face, and her once-flawless makeup was running in black streams down her cheeks. He slid the box of tissues closer to her, but she was too busy sobbing and clutching.

  

  Bella Andre
  • Job
  • Streaming
  • Running

• The style of studied nonchalance is the psychological triumph of grace over order.

  

  G. Bruce Boyer
  • Style