#lux

Books can move people, inspire people, change people's lives, and even impact whole societies. They are certainly worth spending an afternoon with. ↗

— Jan Surasky

#change

Being a shrinking city and a quintessential modern site in flux, Detroit is a testing ground for experimentation and rethinking. ↗

— Luis A. Croquer

#cities #detroit #experimentation #flux #rethinking

It was just so elaborate and so luxurious. We had every gadget imaginable. You know, I had the little gun that came out, and I had the little gun in the heel of the shoe. ↗

— Robert Conrad

#elaborate #every #gadget #gun #had

The knowledge of the ancient languages is mainly a luxury. ↗

— John Bright

#knowledge #languages #luxury #mainly

As a writer, you can't allow yourself the luxury of being discouraged and giving up when you are rejected, either by agents or publishers. You absolutely must plow forward. ↗

— Augusten Burroughs

#agents #allow #being #discouraged #either

There's definitely a luxury to the fluidity of not being a mega-star. I've done a ton of really, really odd, off-the-wall movies. There's this movie I did called 'Queens of Country' a couple of summers ago that is so bananas, and if I was at a certain level, I probably would not have done that movie. ↗

— Lizzy Caplan

#bananas #being #called #certain #certain level

Some people think luxury is the opposite of poverty. It is not. It is the opposite of vulgarity. ↗

— Coco Chanel

#opposite #people #poverty #some #some people

The saddest thing I can imagine is to get used to luxury. ↗

— Charlie Chaplin

#get #i #i can #imagine #luxury

We Americans sit at the head of the banquet table, as we have done for a century. Our standard of living is luxurious by any measure. ↗

— Deepak Chopra

#banquet #century #done #head #living

Make your mold. The best flux in the world will not make a usable shape unless you have a mold to pour it in. ↗