Privilege Quotes
1269 quotes by 977 authors
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Patriarchy is not men. Patriarchy is a system in which both women and men participate. It privileges, inter alia, the interests of boys and men…
— Ashley Judd
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What a privilege to be here on the planet to contribute your unique donation to humankind. Each face in the rainbow of colors that populate…
— Morris Dees
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The pain that you hold is yours. There is not a single pain quite like it. Nobody else on God's green earth can feel this…
— Arnold Schwarzenegger
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There was an old, crazy dude who used to live a long time ago. His name was Lord Buckley. And he said, a long time…
— Robin Williams
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I can honestly say [that writing] is the best life there is, because you get to live within the realm of your own mind, and…
— Elizabeth Gilbert
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As long as the Almighty permitted intelligent men, created in his image and likeness, to fight in public and kill each other while the world…
— Abraham Lincoln
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To be saints is not a privilege for a few, but a vocation for everyone.
— Pope Francis
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We experience pain and difficulty as failure instead of saying, I will pass through this, everyone I have ever admired has passed through this, music…
— Marilynne Robinson
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If you say you’re going to trust your man, then trust your man. Don’t revoke that privilege when he needs it most.
— Nicole Williams
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In the theory of gender I began from zero. There is no masculine power or privilege I did not covet. But slowly, step by step,…
— Camille Paglia
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Today women have the rights and equality our Victorian sisters could only dream of, and with those privileges comes the responsibility of standing up and…
— Sara Sheridan
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I love filmmaking, and I love the process. And I would rather do nothing else. It's a privilege to be able to paint such big…
— Bryan Singer
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This will be the day when we shall bring into full realization the dream of American democracy -- a dream yet unfulfilled. A dream of…
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Do not complain about growing old. It is a privilege denied to many.
— Mark Twain
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It is those who have the distinction of privilege who set the standards of disgust with failure.
— Andy Hargreaves
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Socrates called beauty a short-lived tyranny; Plato, a privilege of nature; Theophrastus, a silent cheat; Theocritus, a delightful prejudice; Carneades, a solitary kingdom; Aristotle, that…
— Francis Quarles
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Fascism begins the moment a ruling class, fearing the people may use their political democracy to gain economic democracy, begins to destroy political democracy in…
— Tommy Douglas
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The freedom of the press is a valuable privilege; but the abuse of it, in this country, is a frightful evil. The licentiousness of the…
— Noah Webster
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White Privilege is the other side of racism. Unless we name it, we are in danger of wallowing in guilt or moral outrage with no…
— Paula Rothenberg
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White privilege is the other side of racism.
— Paula Rothenberg
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