#privilege

We must never forget that many around the globe are denied the basic rights we enjoy as Americans. If we are to continue enjoying these privileges and freedoms we must accept our mission of expanding democracy around the globe. ↗

— James Inhofe

#around #basic #basic rights #continue #democracy

Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more. ↗

— Tony Robbins

#becoming #gift #give #life #life is a

The earth is the Lord's. Psalm 24 basically says the earth is God's property. We have been given the privilege and responsibility of living on earth to see it isn't ruined. ↗

— Allen Johnson

#been #earth #given #god #living

I was privileged to be able to study a year with Martha Graham, the last year she was teaching. ↗

— Twyla Tharp

#graham #i #last #last year #martha

I'm lucky enough to be able to make films and so I don't need a psychiatrist. I can sort out my fears and all those things with my work. That's an enormous privilege. That's the privilege of all artists, to be able to sort out their unhappiness and their neuroses in order to create something. ↗

— Michael Haneke

#artists #create #enormous #enough #fears

Aristocracy's only an admission that certain traits which we call fine - courage and honor and beauty and all that sort of thing - can best be developed in a favorable environment, where you don't have the warpings of ignorance and necessity. ↗

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

#beauty #courage #honor #ignorance #money

Naming oppressive realities, in and of itself, has not brought about the kinds of changes for oppressed groups that it can for more privileged groups, who command a different quality of attention. ↗

— Bell Hooks

#change

I think, as I've gotten older I have realized what a huge privilege it is to even be in this business. I, more than ever, love what I do. ↗

— Jeffrey Dean Morgan

#even #ever #gotten #huge #i

I have the impression that our children are much more excited about going to school than children in other countries are. They think of it as a special privilege. Going to school, being with other children, getting books and pencils - all of that is like a dream for them. ↗

— Cheryl Benard

#education #privilege #courage

Equality before the law is probably forever unattainable. It is a noble ideal, but it can never be realized, for what men value in this world is not rights but privileges. ↗

— H.L. Mencken

#privilege #rights #equality