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“How long can interest rates stay negative? Think about this. Not only are you lending your money to governments, but you're paying them interest for the privilege of doing so.”

Thinking Long Government Interest Negative Rate Privilege Lending Interest Rate

Author:Mohamed El-Erian

“I was homeschooled until I was 14, and then when I was 14, I began attending college. Mom was not playing about that education. She always said, "Acting is a privilege not a priority. Education is the priority. If you're not bringing home As and Bs, you can't go on the audition."”

Ifs Said Home Acting College Mom Goes On Privilege Priorities Auditions Attending

Author:Aldis Hodge

“It's just something we're talking about and thinking about all the time, reflecting on our privilege - the privilege of what it means even be able to travel.”

Thinking Mean Able Talking Privilege Reflecting

Author:Ellen Page

“It's a great privilege to be able to play that much. When you play a lot, you can be really detail-oriented.”

Play Able Privilege Details

Author:Greg Saunier

“There's part of me that feels a privilege not to do music, but to do what everybody should be allowed to do, which is to do what you're driven to do.”

Feels Should Privilege Driven

Author:Greg Saunier

“I have music in my head; I can't help it. You can put a gun to my head and it's not going to go away. The privilege is that I'm not being prevented from following that.”

I Can Helping Gun Privilege Following Going Away

Author:Greg Saunier

“There was humiliations, cruelty, abuse, violence. And they were all the time trying to put to fight the prisoners one against the other, filling us with wrong information about the others or giving privileges to some so that the others would feel jealous and would react. And I could see how they were manipulating us.”

Giving Feels Trying Fighting Violence Information Abuse Privilege Cruelty Prisoner Jealous Humiliation Filling

Author:Ingrid Betancourt

“Something quite special has played out in the picturesque valleys and mountains, towns and villages of France over the past three weeks. For all who appreciate sport, it was a privilege and an inspiration to watch.”

Inspiration Past Three Sports Watches Week Special Mountain Appreciate Towns Privilege France Village Valleys Inspirational Sports Over The Past Picturesque

Author:Paul Ramadge

“Each and every human being on Earth has both the responsibility and the privilege of viewing themselves as Divine beings with the power to bring about peace.”

Humans Earth Human Beings Responsibility Divine Privilege Compromise

Author:James F. Twyman

“We have received too much from God to allow ourselves opportunities for unbelief. We have received too many gifts and privileges to allow a grumbling, murmuring heart to disqualify us of our destiny. In contrast, the thankful heart sees the best part of every situation. It sees problems and weaknesses as opportunities, struggles as refining tools, and sinners as saints in progress.”

Heart Problem Opportunity Situation Destiny Struggle Too Much Progress Weakness Tools Saint Privilege Sinner Contrast Our Destiny Unbelief Refining Murmuring Thankful Heart Grumbling

Author:Francis Frangipane

“I do think it's strange that I get associated with Iraq more than the people who were Foreign Secretary or Defence Secretary. It's because of my closeness to Tony [Blair], which I don't regret at all. I think that was a privilege.”

People Thinking Strange Regret Iraq Privilege Secretary Defence Closeness Blair Don't Regret

Author:Alastair Campbell

“As an actor to watch an audience of people howl together in a single mind as a result of work you've done together with friends is a privilege.”

People Mind Done Together Actors Results Watches Audience Privilege Howl

Author:Tommy Lee Jones

“People have been tolerating their insane political system, in exchange for the countless privileges they are getting from their countries' plundering of the planet, and violating entire nations and continents. But in Africa, Asia and elsewhere, those "un-people" have no choice at all.”

People Has Beens Country Political Choices Nations Planets Privilege Insane Elsewhere Continents Asia Political Systems

Author:Andre Vltchek

“Overwhelming the majority of European citizens are unhappy with the social deal they get, yes; and that is why they are so angry with their governments. Because they want more, much more! They couldn't care less that their benefits, salaries and other privileges, have been, for decades and centuries 'subsidized' by the plunder of other parts of the planet; that they are paid for by blood.”

Want Has Beens Government Care Social Deals Blood Century Planets Citizens Benefits Paid Angry Majority Privilege Decades Unhappy Overwhelming Salary Plunder

Author:Andre Vltchek

“All my life I've had the privilege to make my living with my imagination, and the most important thing has been to see my creative life grow. I was educated to do that and have lived accordingly.”

Has Beens Important Grows Imagination Creative Important Things Privilege Educated My Imagination Creative Life

Author:Tommy Lee Jones

“There was a huge movement that led up to [gay marriage legilization], and I played a small role in the great scheme of things. But it was really a privilege to get to do it.”

Roles Movement Huge Gay Privilege Schemes Gay Marriage Small Roles

Author:Donald Verrilli Jr.

“I had the privilege of chairing Judge Samuel Alito confirmation hearing in 1990. And at that time, he had practiced law for 14 years, but only represented one client, the United States government.”

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Author:Edward Kennedy

“When it comes to the Supreme Court, the American people have only two times when they have any input into how our Constitution is interpreted and who will have the privilege to do so.First, we elect a president who has the power to nominate justices to the Supreme Court.Second, the people, acting through their representatives in the Senate, have their say on whether the president's nominee should in fact be confirmed.”

People Should Firsts Two Facts President Justice Acting Constitution Court Privilege Supreme Senate Representatives Supreme Court Input

Author:Mike DeWine

“Whenever I think about all the things I appreciate in life, I also think about my privileges, as well. Try to keep that all in balance. Gratitude for what I have, trying to be part of movements that make it easy for people who have it harder than they ever should have it.”

People Thinking Should Trying Wells Easy Movement Balance Gratitude Appreciate Should Have Harder Privilege

Author:Emily Saliers

“Privilege and complacency paralyze me with fear sometimes. But the less vulnerable we are because of privilege, the country we're born in, or the security we enjoy, the more vulnerable our souls are to apathy.”

Soul Country Sometimes Enjoy Born Security Privilege Vulnerable Apathy Complacency

Author:Brandi Carlile

“I have the privilege to make ethical choices through my food each day. It's beyond nourishment to me. Each meal represents a lifestyle I passionately believe in.”

Believe Choices Privilege Lifestyle Meals Each Day Ethical Nourishment

Author:Margaret Chapman

“I am South African and I am so aware, even as a white, privileged South African, that even within our community of privilege the idea of talking about sex or sexual preference or sexual identity or anything like that was just, nobody ever did that and nobody ever felt comfortable doing that.”

Ideas Sex Felt Community White Talking Identity Comfortable South Privilege South Africa Privileged Preference Our Community

Author:Charlize Theron

“I love my job and I think my job is hard, but also, my job is such a privilege.”

Thinking Hard Jobs Privilege

Author:Cameron Esposito

“I want to privilege the moment.”

Want Moments Privilege

Author:Gregory Crewdson

“All I can do is seek the information that'll make me stronger, that'll help me overcome my toxic masculinity, my male privilege, because that's something you never think about.”

Thinking I Can Helping Can Do Information Overcoming Stronger Males Privilege Help Me Toxic Masculinity Male Privilege

Author:Nate Parker

“Trying to convince someone that they are a racist or they have White Privilege - if it's in the air they breathe and the culture supports them, sometimes they never have to think about it at all.”

Ifs Thinking Trying Sometimes Culture White Support Air Privilege Breathe Convince Racist White Privilege

Author:Nate Parker

“You can be addicted to White Supremacy and all of the benefits, you can be addicted to male privilege and all of the benefits that comes from it. It's like someone pointing at you and you have a stain on your shirt and you don't even know it.”

Knows White Benefits Males Privilege Shirts White Supremacy Pointing Stains Supremacy Male Privilege

Author:Nate Parker

“For the women out there that I've hurt with my male privilege, I'm sorry.”

Hurt Males Sorry Privilege I'm Sorry Male Privilege

Author:Nate Parker

“To go to L.A. and be on the Addams Family set? It was beautiful production design and an illustrious set. I'm focused on never losing that sense of privilege. I'm still like, "I'm super lucky."”

Stills Beautiful Design Lucky Losing Privilege Productions Focused Production Design

Author:David Krumholtz

“Everyone that works under the Coen brothers , in every department - makeup, hair, production design, wardrobe, so on and so forth, grip, lighting, tech, everything - they're the best. So to be on a set when you're working with the very best in the industry was a real privilege.”

Real Design Brother Hair Industry Privilege Productions Department Makeup Lighting Wardrobe Coen Brothers Production Design

Author:David Krumholtz

“Every virtue has its privilege: for example, that of contributing its own little bundle of wood to the funeral pyre of one condemned.”

Littles Virtue Example Privilege Woods Funeral Contributing Bundles

Book:Human, All Too Human A Book for Free Spirits

Source: Human, All Too Human A Book for Free Spirits

“Of course, intersectionality theory is a confused muddle. It fights racism and sexism by classifying everyone according to race and sex. It views race and gender privilege as the root of all evil, while ignoring the role played by dogmatic ideologies held by all genders. And it is unfalsifiable - to its adherents, criticism and rejection of the theory actually demonstrate its truth, by showing how deeply we all have internalized our oppression.”

“I was sitting in this small coffee shop a couple days ago and I saw this old man sitting at a table across from me. He looked so lonely, so sad. I was too, but it suddenly occurred to me that some people go through their whole lives never being loved or loving as deeply as I love you. There's always going to be the chance that I could lose you in this lifetime. There's nothing any of us can do about the possibility of loss. But in that moment, I decided that I was more interested in focusing on the great privilege I've been given in having you at all. Ch. 32”

“If we had nothing but pecuniary rewards and worldly honours to look to, our profession would not be one to be desired. But in its practice you will find it to be attended with peculiar privileges, second to none in intense interest and pure pleasures. It is our proud ofﬁce to tend the fleshly tabernacle of the immortal spirit, and our path, rightly followed, will be guided by unfettered truth and love unfeigned. In the pursuit of this noble and holy calling I wish you all God-speed.”

“Freedom is always in danger, and the majority of mankind will always acquiesce in its loss, unless a minority is willing to challenge the privileges of its few and the apathy of the masses.”

Challenges Loss Mankind Danger Willing Mass Majority Privilege Minorities Apathy

Author:Richard Crossman

“The democratic rule that all men are equal is sometimes confused with the quite opposite idea that all men are the same and that any man can be substituted for any other so that his differences make no difference. The two are not at all the same. The democratic rule that all men are equal means that men's being different cannot be made a basis for special privilege or for the invidious advantage of one man over another; equality, under the democratic rule, is the freedom and opportunity of each individual to be fully and completely his different self. Democracy means the right to be different.”

Men Mean Made Two Ideas Different Self Sometimes Opportunity Individual Differences Democracy Special Equal Advantage Opposites Bases Democratic Privilege Confused One Man Being Different

Author:Horace Kallen

“At this point in my career, I have the privilege of choosing my partners. In the beginning, you more or less take what comes in the door - or what matches up with your brand. But you're always subject to what's available, especially in the ski world where there are not infinite choices, especially on the fashion side.”

World Choices Sides Careers Doors Subjects Fashion Infinite Privilege Available Partners Brands Skis

Author:Bode Miller

“It's an honour and a privilege to meet people who look at you as their idol , they actually lose weight and gain muscle because of you. I can only tell them thank you for letting me be that person for them.”

People Looks Persons I Can Loses Gains Weight Privilege Muscles Honour Idols Lose Weight Because Of You

Author:Phil Heath

“It is an astonishing fact about the current era that in the most powerful country in world history, with a high level of education and privilege, one of the two political parties virtually denies the well-established facts about anthropogenic climate change.”

“People who enjoy the privileges of success must use these privileges to benefit those who do not have them. These privileges constitute a deep hole they need to climb out of if they are to prevent its being the case that the world would have been better off if they had never been born.”

People Ifs World Needs Has Beens Use Enjoy Born Cases Benefits Privilege Holes Climbs Better Off

Author:Allen W. Wood

“It never really understood its own situational luxury. And I think that by and large the privilege of being Kehinde Wiley in the 21st century, making these high-priced luxury goods, traveling the world, pointing at these people, behooves me to have a point of view and to say something about it.”

People Thinking World Views Century Understood Privilege Point Of View Luxury Goods 21st Century Pointing Luxury Goods

Author:Kehinde Wiley

“People who - and I think that's been a huge education for me. I think it's a - it's a privilege to be able to meet such a broad cross-section of New York and increasingly the world, and to get a feel of how people respond to visual culture.”

People Thinking World Feels Able Culture New York Huge Crosses Privilege Visuals Broads Sections

Author:Kehinde Wiley

“Highly unequal societies are morally defective because they get to be that way through the exploitation by the clever and well-positioned ones of the vulnerabilities and weaknesses of others. The well-off then use their acquired political power to refuse to make sacrifices for others. This system brings us a wonderful range of products and experiences for consumers at the top of the privilege scale, but it also degrades and benumbs the workers at the lower end, as Adam Smith and Marx both said.”

“I'm happy to have the opportunity to record the records I want to - I'm very aware that that's a privilege.”

Want Opportunity Records Privilege

Author:Brad Mehldau

“I found during the course of my political career on the national scene there's a point where the vanity burns away and you've had your fill of your name in the papers, or big adoring crowds, or the exercise of power. And for me that happened fairly quickly. And then you are really focused on: What am I going to get done with this strange privilege that's been granted to me? How do I make myself worthy of it?”

Done Bigs Political Courses Found Names Careers Happened Strange Exercise Scene Paper Privilege Crowds Worthy Focused Granted Vanity Papers

Author:Barack Obama

“I grew up with a feminist mom and the understanding that, as someone coming from a position of (relative) privilege, it was my job to speak up when things weren't fair.”

Jobs Speak Understanding Position Grew Mom Grew Up Fairs Privilege Feminist Relative

Author:Jennifer Weiner

“Now, I will say, most American companies - most are run by honorable patriotic people who care about their employees and communities. But there are still too many powerful interests fighting to protect their own profits and privileges at the expense of everyone else.”

People Stills Care Running Fighting Interest Community Powerful Company Protect Privilege Profit Employee Patriotic Expenses Honorable Who Cares

Author:Hillary Clinton

“Let's prove that we're going to stand together, make the smart decisions that will get the economy going and growing for everybody, not just those at the top, that we will stand up against special privilege and special interest.”

Together Interest Decision Economy Growing Special Prove Smart Privilege Special Interests Smart Decisions

Author:Hillary Clinton

“On healthcare we are the prisoner of our past. The way we got to develop any kind of medical insurance program was during World War II when companies facing shortages of workers began to offer healthcare benefits as an inducement for employment. So from the early 1940s healthcare was seen as a privilege connected to employment. And after the war when soldiers came back and went back into the market there was a lot of competition, because the economy was so heated up.”

“For film, you know, the Tarantinos and Nolans of the world who are very focused on a certain kind of film aesthetic and a certain kind of presentation, to be honest, that comes from a place of privilege. It comes from a place of always having access to such, but when you ain't never - you can't see it because you can't even get to it.”

Knows World Kind Film Certain Honest Privilege Focused Access Being Honest Aesthetic Presentation Tarantino Nolan

Author:Ava DuVernay

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