"When new businesses open that are trying to attract people with cultural capital or cultural ambitions, they are often more expensive than traditional neighborhood stores and cafÃ©s, they offer different products, and they have a different atmosphere. Longtime residents may feel uncomfortable there. Structurally, as a group of gentrifiers gets bigger, there is less room for longtime residents. When it becomes a pattern and you can see the effects, we call that displacement."

-- Sharon Zukin

#Ambition Quotes #People Quotes #Atmosphere Quotes

“We live with them every day, and they come so easily to us that they cease to be precious.”
“When rumours increase, and when there is an abundance of noise and clamour, believe the second report.”
“A man must commit a crime at least once in his life-time. Only then will his virtue be recognized”

Source : Girish Raghunath Karnad (1994). “Three Plays”, Oxford University Press
“Every time we take the floor, we believe we can win.”
“Everything seems simpler from a distance.”

Source : Gail Tsukiyama (2007). “The Street of a Thousand Blossoms”, p.379, Macmillan
“It is pleasant, when the sea is high and the winds are dashing the waves about, to watch from the shores the struggles of another.”
“The primary thing that I enjoy about Luke Cage is that he has a morality about him but it's conflicted. He's never sure what the right move is, but he at least contemplates it. He's a not a rash character. It's that thoughtfulness that I really identify with.”
“Football is played best full of adrenaline and anger. Moderation seldom finds a place. Almost every act of baseball is a blending of effort and control; too much of either is fatal.”

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