Privileged Quotes

399 quotes by 362 authors

For the last 12 years, I've felt really privileged to be living such a normal life. It's so a part of who I am. — Kate Bush
Generally speaking, the less privileged groups in democratic society, as they become aware of their interests and their political power, will be found to press… — Gunnar Myrdal
For example, I was privileged to be working at the White House under the Clinton administration and had not finished my Ph.D., and I thought… — Peter R. Orszag
The costs of marriage breakdown are borne by the entire society, and therefore it is reasonable for the entire society to demand support for marriage… — Nancy Pearcey
Dictators can fix up their entire families in good jobs, in or around government, and often do. In democracies, such a practice is frowned upon.… — Jimmy Reid
Till now poets were privileged to insert a certain proportion of nonsense - very far in excess of one-half of one per cent - into… — John Crowe Ransom
For the past 21 years, I've been privileged to be part of an amazing organization called the International Women's Media Foundation. — Judy Woodruff
I believe that when people have an occupation that allows them to provide for their families, the social dimension of human nature will emerge instinctively… — Xanana Gusmao
My upbringing was middle-class but my parents' families were both working-class so I had this odd combination of working-class background but in a privileged position. — Denise Mina
I came from this very traditional background and I benefited hugely from feminism. I felt privileged going to university and doing a PhD. Most people… — Denise Mina
I would like you to rise each morning and know that you are heterosexual and that you choose to be heterosexual - that you are… — Marilyn Frye
I have indeed lived and worked to my taste either in art or science. What more could a man desire? Knowledge has always been my… — Leon Croizat
It is among the less privileged groups relatively new to leisure and consumption that the zest for possessions retains something of its pristine energy. — David Riesman
My brother and I had a really privileged relationship with my parents... They treated us like adults. — Henry Louis Gates
Millions of public workers have become a kind of privileged new class - a new elite, who live better than their private sector counterparts. Public… — Mortimer Zuckerman
Literature... is condemned (or privileged) to be forever the most rigorous and, consequently, the most reliable of terms in which man names and transforms himself. — Paul de Man
I'm in a privileged position and I'm going to do my utmost to use that privileged position on behalf of the U.K., its citizens, its… — Prince Andrew
There is no right to work in a think tank, and these are very privileged positions. — David Frum
I sometimes think that Thomas Cook should be numbered among the secular saints. He took travel from the privileged and gave it to the people. — Robert Runcie
Right now, I love the fact that I have so many opportunities, but I know this privileged position cannot last. That doesn't mean that I'll… — Annette Bening

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