Privilege Quotes
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The present relationship existing between husband and wife, where one claims a command over the actions of the other, is nothing more than a remnant of the old leaven of slavery. It is necessarily destructive of refined love; for how can a man continue to regard as his type of the ideal a being whom he has, be denying an equality of privilege with himself, degraded to something below himself?
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I grew up in a very progressive family and with a great educational system, and I asked myself, 'Why doesn't everybody have these opportunities for a good education? So why not give back to these kids who didn't grow up with the same privileges I had?
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I had the honor and privilege of working with John Ritter.
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My friends have made the story of my life. In a thousand ways they have turned my limitations into beautiful privileges.
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I love London, and it's a privilege for my children to grow up here.
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History shows that it does not matter who is in power or what revolutionary forces take over the government, those who have not learned to do for themselves and have to depend solely on others never obtain any more rights or privileges in the end than they had in the beginning.
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To watch a master work at anything is a privilege.
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If fortune drives the master forth, an outcast in the world, friendless and homeless, the faithful dog asks no higher privilege than that of accompanying him, to guard him against danger, to fight against his enemies.
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We are driven by the belief that every person in this world matters and access to better health is a right, not a privilege.
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There is a consciousness as an agent of one's own destiny as a person in America, there are things that can be done, there are advantages and benefits which exist that are directly related to - and even rest upon - white privilege.
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Saving for the future shouldn't be a privilege for the wealthy.
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Everything, everything, everything! I want to know everything. I want the privilege of being a crone.
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I strongly believe that quality healthcare is a right all Americans deserve, not a privilege.
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Losing privilege can feel a lot like inequality. If something feels unfair to you as a white person, it's likely that equality is actually being achieved in that moment.
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I'd say it's never a challenge to present white and heteronormative privilege. The hard thing is to write any other way.
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Realize that the privilege to work is a gift. Love of work is success. Be thankful that every morning that you get up that you have some thing that must be done.
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I savor bitterness - it is born of experience. It is the privilege of one who has truly lived.
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The language of faith is crucial because it affords human beings the privilege of intimacy with the ultimate.
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It's been a privilege to be here.
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All the privilege I claim for my own sex ... is that of loving longest, when existence or hope is gone.
