Democracy, despite its limitations, is in the end the only way to ensure that policies do not simply benefit the privileged few.
I have achieved more than I could have ever imagined and feel very privileged to have played for such a long time alongside some of the greats of the English game.
I feel very privileged to do what I do, so I’m just going to keep working hard and enjoy every minute of it because it could be over just like that.
As I have encountered difficult moments in my own life, I have been privileged to learn from the great men I have come to know as a writer.
I don’t think a good education should be confined to a privileged few.
From making my international debut as a 16-year-old to now 37, it has been a good 21 years of my prime life spent not at home but at the ground – different countries, hotels, grounds, coaches, travel etc. It’s been a very privileged journey.
For a privileged minority, Western democracy provides the leisure, the facilities, and the training to seek the truth lying hidden behind the veil of distortion and misrepresentation, ideology and class interest, through which the events of current history are presented to us.
I get to live a privileged existence.
Obviously I was well aware that I had what people consider a privileged upbringing. My mom was never a bake-cookies sort of mom. I really had no reins whatsoever.
Jason Voorhees was a kid who was picked on at summer camp, and Michael Myers was someone vilified by his own family. I think that’s why gay people like horror movies, because it’s seeking revenge on the privileged.
I’ve been taught that human nature is such that the place of privilege most often and most naturally leads to a sense of entitlement. The notion that I deserve to be treated as special because I’m privileged. The truth is, privilege should never lead to entitlement.
There is no right to work in a think tank, and these are very privileged positions.
As actors, we are so privileged to do what we do and to give to the world and to choose the subject we want to say to the world.
I’m very privileged to have great parents, caring parents, parents that dedicate a lot of their time and energy to their children, and we’re very thankful for that.
I think, for an actor, the whole world is a place of work because if you focus on characters and on stories, they are everywhere, so yeah, I feel very privileged to have had this great opportunities in the international cinema and especially in the American cinema.
Yes, I was given a privileged position at a young age. But if I had not been willing to work hard and prepare myself for all the challenges I would face, I would not have held on to my position all these years, regardless of my family ties.
I am very privileged to have the parents and family that I do.
I didn’t even realize I was quite privileged. But I am. I got money. I’ve never been stopped by a police officer.
We’re very privileged to collaborate with people to keep ourselves fresh and it gives us a shot in the arm to do things a different way.
Even if we artists are all very privileged, there’s a constant frustration about how to do more or better, and never being satisfied.
You’ll be able to find many unemployed actors, you know? I’ve been gifted a wonderful career, and to now be able to find myself in a place where someone can look at the course I’ve charted and say, ‘I can do that,’ or ‘I can do even better!’ is a privileged position to be in.
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.
Just because you’re born in a privileged family and have money doesn’t mean you’re happy. Happiness you can’t buy. Happiness is something you need to work for.
The fact that wealthy people or people from privileged backgrounds may wind up in a violent terrorist organization is not new.
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.
I absolutely love my job. I feel so privileged: I get to travel the world, I get to witness history… and I’m constantly inspired by the different amazing characters I meet along the way.
Allan Cubitt has written exceptional material, and I feel very privileged to be working with him and the very talented cast.
Since I don’t come from a privileged background, I couldn’t afford to be irresponsible with career decisions. I wrote two books alongside my job and resigned only when I realised I can make a living.
I’ve been doing nineteen hours a day on London, nothing else, I mean this has been my whole life, and writing has been put on one side, and if I’m privileged enough to be the Mayor of this city, then I will not write again.
Norway will be recognized as an open democracy with the rule of law, with the universal human rights, and with the broad international engagement on the international scene taking upon ourselves responsibilities, because we are a privileged country.
They make revolutionary propaganda because they know the privileged class can never be overturned peacefully.
And if we don’t have a test, what we may end up doing is going back to what this country has done before. We could use social class and we still do, but in the 50s, it was, do you have the right last name and are your parents in privileged positions?
I have no idea what it would be like to be just one thing and speak one language. I feel enormously privileged to travel and be able to mingle and speak to people that, had I only known English, I wouldn’t have been able to meet.
I feel privileged with what I have… There’s so much gratitude.
I’m in such a privileged position to class football as my full-time job, to be captain of England, captain of Manchester City. I’m very lucky.
I never had a thing for movie stars. I was into the guys who could transform. Sean Penn. Daniel Day-Lewis. The ones who privileged the craft.
Being an astronaut is a wonderful career. I feel very privileged. But what I really hope for young people is that they find a career they’re passionate about, something that’s challenging and worthwhile.
I had grown up in a privileged, upper-caste Hindu community; and because my father worked for a Catholic hospital, we lived in a prosperous Christian neighborhood.
Some white people are privileged, some aren’t. Some black people are, some aren’t. It’s strikes me as, by definition, a racist attack in that it’s making a generalization – a negative one – based on skin color.
I can go into LinkedIn and search for network engineers and come up with a list of great spear-phishing targets because they usually have administrator rights over the network. Then I go onto Twitter or Facebook and trick them into doing something, and I have privileged access.
I’ve always been privileged to play for Coach Belichick, who I’ve always said is the best coach in the history of the league.
I was privileged to serve as a judge.
If I’m privileged to be elected, I’d be blessed to represent a diverse district, including South Asians and Indian Americans.
Oh God, I feel hugely privileged to have not only been a part of ‘Game of Thrones,’ but also to have a catchphrase. It’s a lovely thing.
I’ve always said that I won’t be a Barcelona player for 20 years with a secondary role. The moment that I feel my ambition is fading or that I am not able to deliver physically, I will step aside and leave feeling privileged and content of what I gave to the club.
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.
In the India I was growing up in, history wasn’t really a wise career option. People would joke and say, ‘History’s okay, but what’s your actual job?’ I didn’t come from a privileged background and couldn’t afford to be irresponsible, so I did the pragmatic thing and did a MBA.
Restaurants should be democratic; you shouldn’t be made to feel privileged for getting a table or being lectured by the waiter.
Lives in previous centuries for women are largely a matter of class. It would have been fun to have been a rich, privileged woman in the 18th century, but no fun at all to be her maid.
I’m privileged that I’m an artist.
What do we have for veterans? Government-run health care. I understand that. Congressmen and senators… they get five choices of government-run health care. Why should a congressman and senator get anything more than a regular citizen does? Why are they privileged and the rest of us aren’t?
Of course, money matters to everyone even if some don’t want to admit it. If I won the Race to Dubai, I look at that prize money and think it could pay off my new house or the range I’m building. I am privileged to play golf for a living – look around St Andrews, that’s my office.
I feel privileged to have grown up in Germany so it was a heavy blow for me to be portrayed as somebody who isn’t integrated and who doesn’t live his life according to German values.
It’s also important for those who promote those issues within the white community – the somewhat privileged community – to talk about issues affecting people of color.
