#ux

I had a briefcase at one point, but it was a kind of 1980s New Wave briefcase. It was made of some kind of cardboard and it had metal hinges. It was kind of faux industrial looking, and I used to carry my books in it rather than a backpack. I didn't want to have normal student accoutrements. ↗

— Jeffrey Eugenides

#books #briefcase #cardboard #carry #faux

Take opera for example - to go to the opera you have to dress up in a tuxedo and pay lots of money. ↗

— Wim Wenders

#example #for example #go #lots #money

The cyberspace earnings I get from Linux come in the format of having a Network of people that know me and trust me, and that I can depend on in return. ↗

— Linus Torvalds

#cyberspace #depend #earnings #format #get

When I'm living in the world of luxury and celebrity, which is where I found myself for a large part of my life, it's a walk-on part. Not a vital necessity, like it is for so many people. I enjoy it but I can see right through it! ↗

— Agnetha Faltskog

#celebrity #enjoy #found #i #i can

Is it wrong for me to love my own? Is it wicked for me because my skin is red? Because I am Sioux? Because I was born where my father lived? Because I would die for my people and my country? ↗

— Sitting Bull

#because #born #country #die #father

I don't feel comfortable with luxury, and I try to stay fairly normal. ↗

— Vince Cable

#fairly #feel #i #luxury #normal

It's a luxury to be able to tell a long form story. I love novels, and I love to have a long relationship with characters. ↗

— Jane Campion

#characters #form #i #i love #long

It's the middle class that feels the luxury of being able to have causes. ↗

— Orson Scott Card

#being #causes #class #feels #luxury

In the evening every man looks the same. Like penguins. Women have a special dress for that event; men, the same tuxedo. ↗

— Roberto Cavalli

#evening #event #every #every man #like

I don't try to be a threat to MicroSoft, mainly because I don't really see MS as competition. Especially not Windows-the goals of Linux and Windows are simply so different. ↗

— Linus Torvalds

#competition #different #especially #goals #i