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Quotes About Privilege

I've always been interested in this idea of a privileged life, probably because it's something I hadn't seen much of.
~ Rashid Johnson
I'm going to continue doing my thing and work my butt off to add value for shareholders and as long as they and the board see fit to keep me in this role, I feel enormously privileged to serve.
~ Andrew Mason
It would be nice to say the rich people, the fancy people, all behaved like bastards and the poor slobs all came through like heroes. But as a matter of fact, sometimes the poor slobs behave like slobs and the great, noble, privileged characters come off very well, indeed.
~ Walter Lord
I think actors are privileged. Acting feeds you.
~ Alan Bates
I like to work. I'm glad; I'm privileged to have work.
~ William Hurt
I've been privileged to meet presidents and sing at inaugurations and other political events.
~ BeBe Winans
As a white woman with a privileged education, I'm keenly aware that I founded an organization that can only realize its goal if it enlists many more leaders who share the backgrounds of the students and families we work with.
~ Wendy Kopp
My 20s were peaceful, privileged, but still I felt the desire to write angsty dramas.
~ Adrian Tomine
I've led a very privileged life. You know, I've gotten to choose the work I do, and I hope every job I've had has been a little bit about trying to push the ball forward, particularly for folks who may not have the same opportunities that I've had.
~ Cecile Richards
My band and I sometimes can't believe where we are in the world and what we're doing. But I'm very privileged to be in this position.
~ Amy Macdonald
Us, as footballers, are in a very privileged position.
~ Andre Gray
We are privileged. There are poor people out there. We must to do something to make them privileged.
~ Antonia Fraser
I love the game, and I do not feel that I have sacrificed anything. On the contrary, I feel privileged to do something that I love.
~ Simona Halep
The privileged elites are part of the globalization moment that we live in.
~ Ashraf Ghani
I have always considered myself as a privileged person from a kind of elite among the lucky ones. So I think we should help all those who have not had the luck I have had, to use my fame to help.
~ Kylian Mbappe
I came from a privileged background, which I am entirely grateful for, but it played a part in my feeling that I couldn't complain about my own emotions.
~ Adwoa Aboah
It's a privilege to be in a position to give back, and one that I take pretty seriously because I know what it's like... to be less fortunate, to be less privileged.
~ Tony Finau
I feel privileged that people are looking up to me, and perhaps a dream will be born because of my presence.
~ Lupita Nyong'o
I think the older that I'm getting, the more I'm understand what a privileged job I have, and what an opportunity I have. Now I'm directing films and I'm getting my first movie in America off the ground, and you start to understand how the system really works.
~ Paddy Considine
I'm very privileged to be the celebrity I am.
~ Michael Moriarty
I'm privileged that I'm an artist.
~ Nelly Furtado
I didn't grow up overly privileged.
~ Camila Morrone
I don't think that coming from a privileged background makes you this monster who doesn't feel things.
~ Tamara Ecclestone
I think it's disingenuous to believe that being born into a privileged world means you feel like you are having an easy time.
~ Laura Wade