We work hard on the show. We really believe in the show. It’s an enormous privilege to work on a show that has the power to touch people’s lives in such a positive way. The fan mail and the e-mail certainly reflect that.
Is Donald Trump a fascist? It’s an interesting question that has generated insightful commentary over the past few months, with the best answers situating Trumpian illiberalism within America’s long history of racial oppression, slavery, Jim Crow apartheid, and the ongoing backlash to the loss of white privilege.
My father grew up in a life of extreme privilege.
I can’t deny that there’s a great privilege in having parents who are established in the field that I’m pursuing. I try to appreciate the fact that they’re so great at it. They’ve been such great role models, not only talent-wise but also in how they lead their lives and the reasons why they’ve pursued this.
I knew that everybody could be replaced. Nobody lasts forever. And if you work for somebody, he’s certainly got the privilege and the right to fire you.
When I was a kid, you would tune in to ‘The Tonight Show’ before you went to sleep. Johnny Carson. A big treat. I know it’s a privilege of mine to be able to be in people’s homes. So I hope I make everyone proud, including my parents, and do a good job in this.
I found my way back into music and realized that it’s not that the music went away after losing my hearing, I just get the privilege of enjoying it and experiencing it differently.
Tis the privilege of friendship to talk nonsense, and have her nonsense respected.
Prove to them people that you should have gotten picked earlier, and then you make your money. The privilege is just getting drafted, and once you get picked, prove to them that you were supposed to be drafted.
It would be a privilege to be accepted by the Glazer family in Tampa.
I strongly believe that through dedication and perseverance, one can overcome adversity to achieve success. It is a privilege to accept membership in the Horatio Alger Association, an organization which promotes this principle.
For the private sector to flourish, special privilege must give way to equal opportunity and equal risk for all.
We all understand it’s a privilege just to be playing in this league.
I think being collaborative is definitely more natural for people who are minorities in any sense – so people who aren’t, like, white male artists – because we don’t have the privilege to create art and work alone, usually.
There is no greater privilege in living than bringing a tiny new human being into the world and then trying to raise him or her properly during the next eighteen years. Doing that job right requires all the intelligence, wisdom, and determination you will be able to muster from day to day.
I think it’s true that the 1 Percent or the elite are living in a world of, maybe, excessive privilege, and they don’t fully realize how much pain and suffering, how much anxiety exists out there.
Acting is a privilege, and I’m exceedingly blessed to be able to do what I do. At the end of the day, it’s all entertainment.
Elizabeth Moss may very well be one of the best actresses I’ve had the privilege of standing opposite and sharing lines with.
Tradition has it that whenever a group of people has tasted the lovely fruits of wealth, security, and prestige, it begins to find it more comfortable to believe in the obvious lie and accept that it alone is entitled to privilege.
Privilege is provisional. It can be denied, withheld, offered grudgingly, and summarily withdrawn.
Speaking and writing English perfectly should not be a privilege. To those who try to politicize this matter, I tell them now, do not mess with the future of our children.
I believe in civil rights, but not in special privilege laws to allow flaunting homosexuals to become role models for children.
It’s always really special to be at the New York Film Festival, and always a real privilege.
I had the privilege of living in Greece in the early 1970s.
Playing alongside Messi is special for me. He’s a player I always wanted to play with. I have played against him with Brazil, but to play alongside him is a privilege.
As much of a privilege as it is to pass, it’s painful. You have to compartmentalize your life. That’s awkward. Dating can be horrible.
Survival is a privilege which entails obligations. I am forever asking myself what I can do for those who have not survived.
I am extremely proud to have the honour and privilege to be the Premier of this great state of Victoria.
My whiteness, economic privilege, able-bodied privilege, family support, and so many other factors shield me from some of the worst possible consequences – often fatal ones – that result from the toxic combination of misogyny, racism, and anti-trans sentiment.
Film school was a privilege I could not afford.
Often, those who bruise easily spend too much time thinking about themselves. I’d go so far as to say that oversensitivity is a privilege of the underoccupied. The majority of people don’t have the time to lavish care on emotional wounds – they’re too busy getting on with living.
The great privilege it has been to work with some of the most talented people on the face of the earth. My first scene in a movie was with James Cagney, for goodness sakes. There I was, just out of the U.S. Navy without an acting lesson to my name.
That’s the privilege of old age: You don’t have to remember.
I think it’s really important for the independent web to have a platform, and to the extent that WordPress can serve that role, I think it’s a great privilege and responsibility.
Being able to still make records is a privilege. I don’t take it casually.
My happy place is holding my daughter and my husband in the same hug. It really is. I’m getting emotional just thinking about it. I consider it such a privilege, and I know that I’m lucky. I never want to take it for granted.
My whole life, as an adult as well, I’ve been attracted to stories about young people. This period of time is so fertile – there’s a million things that are happening, a million firsts, and to be able to witness that and record that is a privilege.
The presumption of innocence, the benefit of the doubt, walking without worrying – these should not be hallmarks of white privilege. They are human rights – human rights – that should be enjoyed by all.
Many white people sense that they are being blamed for the sins of white slave owners and imperialists merely through some lineage of ethnicity. Activists’ constant stress on white privilege can lead to an unhealthy defensive posture of white victimhood.
I have had the privilege to be a member of many high-performance teams at NASA, both on and off the planet.
I think what I do for a living is a privilege, so at the very least, I’d like to think it can be a good time.
It is feasible for someone who comes from a privileged background to understand the privilege they have had and to use the formal political arena in a way that would disperse power and engage with people in their own lives.
I know many people on the left are suspicious of words like Americanization. To them, it can sound like a cover for white privilege and warmongering. It suggests arrogance and groupthink. But these connotations are not fixed. It is in our power to reshape them by recalling the best of America.
It’s a privilege to pay taxes. Yeah! It’s not a political question, folks. We have to pay for stuff.
Most people privilege the technology, almost as if actors are in service to the machine.
Every time we go into the voting booth, we are choosing the moral and spiritual direction of our nation. That is a privilege and responsibility that should not be abdicated.
I admit that through privilege, I’ve been racially ignorant. But I’m trying to learn and I’m trying to grow. It’s what we all have to do.
It is the privilege of those who fear love to murder those who do not fear it!
I believe that every family – it doesn’t make a difference who you are or where you come from – deserves to have quality healthcare. It is a universal right. It’s not the exclusive privilege of the elite and the wealthy.
Movement is a fantastic privilege… but it ultimately only has meaning if you have a home to go back to.
It is a privilege to be part of an organization that delivers high-quality services and innovative solutions to the best clients, develops the most talented professionals into leaders, and does its part to improve the societies in which we operate.
We have seen a lot of interest from Chinese developers on Google Play because the extent to which Android is used. If we can figure out a model by which we can serve those users, it would be a privilege to do so. So I don’t think of China as a black hole.
Bigotry and prejudice are not unique to groups that have held privilege, and ascribing views to entire groups rather than to specific individuals is illiberal.
I acknowledge the privilege of being alive in a human body at this moment, endowed with senses, memories, emotions, thoughts, and the space of mind in its wisdom aspect.
I was very intense. I think it’s a privilege to be an actor.
I’ve had the privilege to work with fantastic directors – Ram Gopal Varma, Mani Ratnam, Inder Kumar, to name a few.
Before I transitioned, I felt like I could walk on stage and just, like, say anything and people would just laugh. And that’s kind of a privilege that I just lost through the layers of social context and me being visibly a political object in a lot of people’s brains.
