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title: "8 Privileged Upbringing Quotes by 8 authors"
description: "Browse 8 Privileged Upbringing quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Privileged Upbringing sayings and thoughts."
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> [My privileged upbringing and education and linguistic fluency gave me such proximity to whiteness that it stung all the more to still…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenny-zhang/my-privileged-upbringing-and-education-and-linguistic-fluency-gave-me/)

[Jenny Zhang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenny-zhang/)

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> [Obviously I was well aware that I had what people consider a privileged upbringing. My mom was never a bake-cookies sort of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anderson-cooper/obviously-i-was-well-aware-that-i-had-what-people-consider-a/)

[Anderson Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anderson-cooper/)

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> [I went to a very posh school, I had a very privileged upbringing with parents who were incredibly loving and brilliant. I've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-cameron/i-went-to-a-very-posh-school-i-had-a-very-privileged-upbringing-with/)

[David Cameron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-cameron/)

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> [I've been very lucky - I don't come from a privileged upbringing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-kompany/i-ve-been-very-lucky-i-don-t-come-from-a-privileged-upbringing/)

[Vincent Kompany](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-kompany/)

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> [I would say I had a privileged upbringing. I never had to want for something, and yet I knew that was not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zohran-mamdani/i-would-say-i-had-a-privileged-upbringing-i-never-had-to-want-for/)

[Zohran Mamdani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zohran-mamdani/)

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> [I can't deny that I've had a privileged upbringing. I've been really fortunate regarding how I entered this world, not just financially,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-reitman/i-can-t-deny-that-i-ve-had-a-privileged-upbringing-i-ve-been-really/)

[Catherine Reitman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-reitman/)

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> [In the run-up to the 1992 Democratic convention, Clinton's campaign realized that voters thought the young governor had a privileged upbringing. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dee-dee-myers/in-the-run-up-to-the-1992-democratic-convention-clinton-s-campaign/)

[Dee Dee Myers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dee-dee-myers/)

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> [During the first 10 years of my life, while my parents were married, I enjoyed a privileged upbringing. After their divorce, my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bianca-jagger/during-the-first-10-years-of-my-life-while-my-parents-were-married-i/)

[Bianca Jagger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bianca-jagger/)

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