There are a lot of rich people in the world. There are very few people who have the privilege of getting to invent things that billions of people use.
No other country on earth could have provided such tremendous opportunities and we should never take the privilege of our citizenship for granted.
I think it's disingenuous to believe that being born into a privileged world means you feel like you are having an easy time.
You look at it as a privilege. So you really decide that you're going to put the time in and work really hard to get to the point where you're ready.
I knew that I could vote and that that wasn't a privilege; it was my right. Every time I tried I was shot, killed or jailed, beaten or economically deprived.
Prison Guard: Your painting privileges have been removed. Doc: Why? Prison Guard: I don't know.
King Edward VIII: Haven't I any rights? King George VI: Many privileges. King Edward VIII: Not the same thing.
So the actual privilege is that you can then take time off - and if you don't, you're a fool. You're earning all this money to support children whom you then don't see, which is absurd.
I actually consider myself as totally privileged to be able to serve science and medicine in a global fashion, because science and medicine know no boundaries.
If women had to promise to provide for a man for a lifetime before he removed his veil and showed her his smile, would we think of this as a system of female privilege?
Remember, social progress only happens when those in society's privileged classes choose to give up their status.
One of the most extraordinary things about being a spiritual teacher is the rare privilege of being able to look deeply into the very souls of many human beings at the same time.
I love curating, because I'm lucky and privileged that I have a platform and I can share my discoveries with other people.
First of all it's usually women who run these higher primate sanctuaries, rarely men. They are white. They come from privileged backgrounds. They are educated.
In the long run, Women's Liberation will of course free men-but in the short run it's going to COST men a lot of privilege, which no one gives up willingly or easily.
Women have the same privileges and opportunities as men, given the New Testament.
If I never do another movie, I will have had the privilege of working on one of the big Hollywood movies with top people, creating a world that can only be described as totally cinematic.
I feel very privileged to have worked with a lot of outstanding actors: Alun Armstrong, Peter Mullan, Matt Smith and Andrew Garfield.
Those who have the privilege to know have the duty to act, and in that action are the seeds of new knowledge.
In my first week as a U.S. senator, I had the privilege of participating in the Supreme Court confirmation hearing for Judge Sonia Sotomayor.
Writing is an extreme privilege but it's also a gift. It's a gift to yourself and it's a gift of giving a story to someone.
