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“The only sensible way to regard the art life is that it is a privilege you are willing to pay for... You may cite honors and attentions and even money paid, but I would have you note that these were paid a long time after the creator had gone through his struggles.”

Way May Long Art Life Is Pay Attention Struggle Gone Willing Honor Long Time Paid Regard Notes Rewards Privilege Creator Sensible Citing Art Life

Book:The Art Spirit

Source: The Art Spirit

“No man who is not willing to bear arms and to fight for his rights can give a good reason why he should be entitled to the privilege of living in a free community.”

Men Giving Should Reason Fighting Community Rights Willing Arms Bears Privilege Reason Why Entitled

Book:Fear God and Take Your Own Part

Source: Fear God and Take Your Own Part

“Very often people who admit the facts, who are willing to see that Mr. Rockefeller has employed force and fraud to secure his ends, justify him by declaring, 'It's business.' That is, 'it's business' has come to be a legitimate excuse for hard dealing, sly tricks, special privileges.”

People Ends Hard Facts Force Business Special Willing Privilege Excuse Tricks Secure Justify Fraud Employed Declaring Sly

Author:Ida Tarbell

“The privilege of resisting or disobeying a particular law or order accrues only to him who gives willing and unswerving obedience to the laws laid down for him.”

Giving Law Order Particular Willing Privilege Obedience Disobedience Resisting Civil Disobedience Disobeying

Author:Mahatma Gandhi

“I wonder why anyone would hesitate to be generous with their writing. I mean, if you really want to make a living, go to Wall Street and trade oil futures ... We're writers. We're doing something that is inherently a generous act. We're exposing ourselves to the muse and to the things that frighten us. Why do that if you're not willing to be generous? And paradoxically, almost ironically, it turns out that the more generous you are, the more money you make. But that's secondary. For me, the privilege of being generous is why I get to do this.”

Ifs Want Writing Mean Turns Wonder Streets Willing Wall Trade Privilege Oil Generous More Money Muse Exposing Being Generous

Author:Seth Godin

“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

“There is nothing wrong when the Trump administration says it wants to find areas of common ground to work with Russia - perfectly reasonable. The question is, are you willing to pay the Russians in advance for the privilege of working with them in areas that are supposed to be of common interest, and that - I don't see the American interest in doing so.”

Want Interest Common Pay Willing Trump Areas Privilege Russia Administration Supposed To Be Reasonable Common Ground Common Interests

Author:Daniel Fried

“Freethinkers are those who are willing to use their minds without prejudice and without fearing to understand things that clash with their own customs, privileges, or beliefs. This state of mind is not common, but it is essential for right thinking.”

Source: The Works of Leo Tolstoy ...: On life and essays on religion, tr. by Aylmer Maude