Quotes About Privilege

When I was born, my family was so poor that there was no money to buy food. So the church bought groceries for us - there wasn't any kind of privilege.

The journey of making 'Hidden Figures' has shown me the automatic privilege that all white men are afforded in America in 2017 and in any and every year before that.

Being a parent has been such a wonderful privilege for me. My kids make me laugh and cry, but there are definitely more laughs. They really do give my life meaning.

I'm a big fan of Tarantino's work, and I think I'm fascinated by his evident sense of entitlement to use black characters and black material that he feels not simply comfortable with, but that it's his right and privilege - the apparent ease with which he handles black characters, fully aware that he's been criticized for that, too.

I'm not interested in defending the position of those who already have money, power and privilege.

Millions of Americans are denied the privilege of driving on health grounds.

I'm aware of the decisions I make and the responsibility I have as a role model. I wouldn't disregard that. It's a privilege.

Looking back, we had the hard time, but the privilege, of actually coming up playing biker bars and little bitty college bars.

Since 2000, it's been a privilege and honor for me to be on the competition committee. And our main focus... is player safety.

I play music for people all over the world. It's a huge privilege.

There's a kind of integrity to being an observer of a culture. I think Canadians have that privilege innately. We are, like, the observers of the American culture.

It's true that most people in the trans community don't have the incredible wealth and privilege that Caitlyn does. I don't think that, in any way, diminishes her struggle in her own transitioning.

I never assumed that I would be able to play in a main draw so quickly after Juniors. I've been having really good results. It really is a privilege. I'm very happy for the opportunity.

I've been so blessed to have the career I have had, so each and every shoot and job is a privilege for me to be at.

I'm not familiar particularly with Hillary Clinton's neighborhood, but I wish people were a little bit more curious about what we call privilege and about why it's there. Black people in this country have no choice but to be curious. We have to know. I wish folks would do a little bit more investigation.

I don't know if I could go to another run-of-the-mill baseball department and work because it would probably feel like work. In Boston and Chicago, it doesn't feel like work. It feels like a privilege.

Robert Altman was such an incredible person to have the privilege to know and meet and have dinner with.

It's a great privilege and a highlight for choir and orchestra members to perform for audiences in live concerts.

It's a real privilege to make movies.

I am paid to dive deeper into my own humanity and do that with other people in collaboration... so that, in and of itself, I just feel like is the greatest privilege in the world.

I think often the West does not understand the history and the privilege of wearing a hijab. They always think of oppression.

I think being collaborative is definitely more natural for people who are minorities in any sense - so people who aren't, like, white male artists - because we don't have the privilege to create art and work alone, usually.

We believe that health care is a right, not a privilege.

We're trying to democratise financial services, to ensure that management and movement of money is a right for all citizens, not the privilege of the affluent.