Privilege Quotes - Page 26

• I always say that the characters in Jane Austen's original books are rather like zombies because they live in this bubble of immense wealth and privilege and no matter what's going on around them they have a singular purpose to maintain their rank and to impress others.

  Seth Grahame-Smith

  Book, Character, Zombie

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• We must never forget that many around the globe are denied the basic rights we enjoy as Americans. If we are to continue enjoying these privileges and freedoms we must accept our mission of expanding democracy around the globe.

  James Inhofe

  Rights, Democracy, Never Forget

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• Yeah, I've had the privilege to know a lot of really talented people.

  Ashley Judd

  People, Yeah, Knows

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• To me, this is the singular privilege of reading literature: we are allowed to step into another's life.

  Nicole Krauss

  Reading, Literature, Steps

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• You have stripped from me the rank and privileges of the professorship and the doctoral degree which I earned, and you have set me at the level of the lowest criminal.

  Kurt Huber

  Criminals, Degrees, Levels

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• I'm very fortunate to have the privilege of working with directors like Bill Condon and Paul Thomas Anderson, who I think is one of the greatest filmmakers of our time.

  Rami Malek

  Thinking, Bills, Directors

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Those golden minutes before you are completely awake, when your mind is just drifting, you have no censorship; you are ready to develop any kind of idea. That's when I come up with the best and worst ideas. That is the privilege of being a writer - that you can stay in bed for an hour in the morning and it's work time.

  Jo Nesbo

  Morning, Ideas, Mind

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• It has been a privilege to pursue knowledge for its own sake and to see how it might help mankind in more practical ways.

  Paul Nurse

  Might, Sake, Way

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• New York is the city of privilege. Here is the seat of the Invisible Power represented by the allied forces of finance and industry. This Invisible Government is reactionary, sinister, unscrupulous, mercenary, and sordid. It is wanting in national ideals and devoid of conscience... This kind of government must be scourged and destroyed.

  William Jennings Bryan

  New York, Cities, Government

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• I've been very lucky in my long life. On three continents, in diverse cultures, through happy moments, not-so-happy moments, and moments as marvelous as this one, I've had the privilege of working with the cinema's greatest masters.

  Dino De Laurentiis

  Long, Lucky, Three

  "Producer Dino de Laurentiis Passes Away at Age 91" by Brian Gallagher, movieweb.com. November 11, 2010.

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• If whiteness were of no particular advantage, then having a fuller color wheel of skin tones would be purely a matter of celebration. But whiteness - just a drop of it - does still carry privilege. You learn that very young in America.

  Eric Liu

  Skin Tone, America, Color

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• Every president since George Washington has taken executive privilege seriously. Every Republican president has.

  Jacob Lew

  Taken, President, Republican

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• I spend so much time with the brightest and most talented and well-rounded people. I've had the privilege of having long and very intellectual conversations with people and sometimes I just sit there and listen. It's like a better version of a class. So I'm - even though I'm not per se sitting at a desk and in school, I'm still learning all the time.

  Hayden Panettiere

  School, Class, Long

  "Hayden Panettiere and Masi Oka Return for Heroes Volume 5: Redemption". Interview with B. Alan Orange, movieweb.com. September 14, 2009.

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• Everything, everything, everything! I want to know everything. I want the privilege of being a crone.

  Susan Powter

  Want, Knows

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• Well you're talking about a long career, a lot of movies, a lot of stars. I guess working with Henry Fonda and Katherine Hepburn was a great privilege.

  Mark Rydell

  Stars, Talking, Careers

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• Barack Obama was not born into wealth or privilege, yet today his is president of these United States of America. Barack Obama has lived the American Dream. He has walked in our shoes.

  Ken Salazar

  Dream, America, Shoes

  "Coloradans At DNC: Jared Polis, Ken Salazar, Ryan Case And Maria Ciano Speak During Opening Night". www.huffingtonpost.com. September 05, 2012.

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• Over the years it has been my privilege to lead performances with Saint Louis, the National Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra and so many other wonderful organizations.

  Leonard Slatkin

  Years, Organization, Symphony

  Leonard Slatkin (2017). “Leading Tones: Reflections on Music, Musicians, and the Music Industry”, p.200, Hal Leonard Corporation

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• The payment made by a manufacturer to a patentee for the privilege of using the patent process, is usually termed, in commercial language, a rent; and under the same head must be ranked all extraordinary qualities of body and mind.

  Nassau William Senior

  Mind, Quality, Patents

  Nassau William Senior (1849). “Political economy”, p.91

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• The great thing about our system of democracy is when they call you for jury duty, you have to come... It's an honor and a privilege. I was called and I've got to be here.

  Antonio Villaraigosa

  Honor, Democracy, Duty

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• I believe education should be a right for every child, but tragically in many parts of world it is a privilege for certain children whose parents have money. There are 72 million children in the world who don't go to school and many of them are in Africa.

  George Weah

  Children, Believe, School

  "Africa's World Cup can make education a reality for all" by George Weah, www.theguardian.com. May 26, 2010.

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• It's a privilege to act, and you have to protect and cherish it.

  Jesse Metcalfe

  Cherish, Protect

  "Jesse Metcalfe interview: So I'm a sex symbol? Well there are worse things I could be!". www.mirror.co.uk. August 23, 2011.

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• I think that one of the main privileges of what I do, which I am just starting to learn, is to have the ability to travel all over the world and experience different cultures.

  Chris Cornell

  Thinking, Different, Culture

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• Be Grateful to the Man you help, think of Him as God. Is it not a great privilege to be allowed to worship God by helping our fellow men?

  Swami Vivekananda

  Grateful, Men, Thinking

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.76, Manonmani Publishers

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• We should not mourn for men of high ideals. Rather we should rejoice that we had the privilege of having had them with us, to inspire us by their radiant personalities.

  Indira Gandhi

  Men, Personality, Inspire

  Indira Gandhi (1975). “Indira Gandhi speaks on democracy, socialism, and Third World nonalignment”, Taplinger Publishing Company

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• I'm a conduit for telling people's stories. It's a privilege.

  Tori Amos

  People, Stories

  "This much I know: Tori Amos" by Shahesta Shaitly, www.theguardian.com. September 29, 2012.

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