Privilege Quotes

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I always felt that the great high privilege, relief and comfort of friendship was that one had to explain nothing. — Katherine Mansfield
Imagination only comes when you privilege the subconscious, when you make delay and procrastination work for you. — Hilary Mantel
I believed in studying just because I knew education was a privilege. It was the discipline of study, to get into the habit of doing… — Wynton Marsalis
But love, like the sun that it is, sets afire and melts everything. what greed and privilege to build up over whole centuries the indignation… — Jose Marti
Freedoms, like privileges, prevail or are imperiled together You cannot harm or strive to achieve one without harming or furthering all. — Jose Marti
Honesty has come to mean the privilege of insulting you to your face without expecting redress. — Judith Martin
It is better to lose everything you have to keep the balance of justice level, than to live a life of petty privilege devoid of… — Bryant H. McGill
Let us realize that: the privilege to work is a gift, the power to work is a blessing, the love of work is success! — David O. McKay
What men value in this world is not rights but privileges. — H. L. Mencken
I feel like I have the fortune of privilege, particularly as it relates to my children. — Demi Moore
I think that there's something in the American psyche, it's almost this kind of right or privilege, this sense of entitlement, to resolve our conflicts… — Michael Moore
Common sense, in so far as it exists, is all for the bourgeoisie. Nonsense is the privilege of the aristocracy. The worries of the world… — George Jean Nathan
The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and… — Friedrich Nietzsche
When we have nothing to cling to as our own and cease thinking of ourselves as people who must defend privileges, we can open ourselves… — Henri Nouwen
Access to the Vedas is the greatest privilege this century may claim over all previous centuries. — J. Robert Oppenheimer
I have a genuine love affair with my audience. When I'm on stage they're not privileged to see me. It's a privilege for me to… — Ozzy Osbourne
People didn't always see a person with a disability who had to use a ramp or elevator as people who have been given unnecessary privileges.… — Major Owens
When men yield up the privilege of thinking, the last shadow of liberty quits the horizon. — Thomas Paine
I had the privilege of practicing medicine in the early '60s, before we had any government. It worked rather well, and there was nobody on… — Ron Paul
For 25 years, it has been my privilege to represent the city of San Francisco and the great state of California; to work to strengthen… — Nancy Pelosi

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