There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves we feel no one else has a right to blame us.

It is the ultimate luxury to combine passion and contribution. It's also a very clear path to happiness.

Utility is when you have one telephone, luxury is when you have two, and paradise is when you have none.

When the Korean economy was just trying to get back on its feet after the war, having parks was a luxury

With performing live, you obviously don't get the luxury of another take, but for me, it is all the same.

A slab of bread "buttered" with lard and, if you were lucky, seasoned with salt and pepper, was a luxury.

Existentialism is possible only in a world where God is dead or a luxury, and where Christianity is dead.

Literature and fiction are two entirely different things. Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity.

Some people think happiness is a luxury, but its a necessity. You need to make space for it in your life.

The materialistic view of happiness of our age starkly revealed in our understanding of the word "luxury.

A comfortable retirement should not only be a luxury for the wealthy, but a reality for every New Yorker.

When the Korean economy was just trying to get back on its feet after the war, having parks was a luxury.

The best luxury in the world isn't a diamond ring or a nice house - well, it could be - but it's privacy.

I have a luxury of people coming to see me whether I play for the crowd or not. I don't take that lightly.

I didn't grow up in a wealthy family at all. Being at home all day and watching movies, that was a luxury.

Some people think happiness is a luxury, but it's a necessity. You need to make space for it in your life.

Necessity invented stools, Convenience next suggested elbow-chairs, And luxury the accomplish'd Sofa last.

A certain luxury when you get to writing a novel is to have the space to have your characters just banter.

Luxury starts where functionality ends and where the true value is personal and so has no price or reason.

Unless you are very rich and very eccentric, you will not enjoy the luxury of a computer in your own home.

A preface is a species of literary luxury, where an author, like a lover, is privileged to be egotistical.

Luxury to me is not about buying expensive things; it's about living in a way where you appreciate things.

Neither my life of luxury in the palace -nor- my life as ascetic in the forest were ways to enlightenment.

It's a real luxury to have a studio all to myself, somewhere to start mood boards for the next collection.

Even when I haven't had money, I found money to travel. It's a luxury that's a kind of necessity, I think.

I don't really have the luxury to be bitter. I don't have the luxury of having negative things in my life.

We all have the luxury of looking out for ourselves. Leaders also have the honor of looking out for others.

I can't afford the luxury of music while I'm flying an airplane. I have to pay attention to what I'm doing.

When I became the CEO of Burberry in July 2006, luxury was one of the fastest-growing sectors in the world.

For me, luxury isn't just the real thing. It's also fake. Swarovski crystals or real diamonds? It's a game.

What unimaginable luxury, never to wrestle with whether or why, never to lie awake nights wondering what if

Socialist democracy is not, a luxury and its need is not limited to the most advanced industrial countries.

I've come to learn it's a luxury to be a sort of blue collar celebrity in Canada. It makes you more humble.

Service is a prerequisite for anything relating to luxury. That makes it (shopping) sensual and pleasurable.

The luxury of television is that you get more than one shot at who you think the guy is that you're playing.

Sad fancies do we then affect, In luxury of disrespect To our own prodigal excess Of too familiar happiness.

Confusion is a luxury which only the very, very young can possibly afford and you are not that young anymore

As a child, I was spoilt by my parents as an only son. They indulged my every whim, and I grew up in luxury.

With a few exceptions people don't want money. They want luxury and they want love and they want admiration.

The reality of an actor's life is that we do not always have the luxury of choice. We take what comes to us.

Holiness is not a luxury, it's a necessity. If you're not holy, you'll never make it to Heaven [Heb. 12:14].

I didn't work very much when they were young, and I had the luxury to be able to do that. Most people can't.

As a writer, I always tend to take the liberty and the great artistic luxury of a composite form of writing.

The media is constantly redefining what luxury is. Luxury can be a dirty sock if dressed up in the right way.

I guess the ultimate luxury professionally is to be able to change your direction, to work in another medium.

I'm not a good storyteller - I much prefer to be with people who are chatty, to have the luxury of listening.

I generally hate the luxury modern apartment with too many things out of sight and so clean you cannot touch.

The most rewarding thing is having a job that you love. It's not a luxury that everyone in this world enjoys.

In narrative films, you set up reality, so you can limit the variables. You don't have that luxury with docs.

Luxury must have that over-the-top attitude but be effortless at the same time, that's what feels chic to me.

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