- Nov 07, 2020
Rich Quotes
On wealth, privilege, and richness beyond money.
Not every quote here is about bank accounts - some describe a college's rich history or a rich jewel of knowledge, while others weigh how wealth and protection are distributed. If money is more your focus, see Money.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being rich and famous has never been my goal at all. I love to act and I want to be able to do really great parts.
- Poor
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- Nov 07, 2020
The rich do not want people who come from poor families to rise to the highest position in the country.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I find that in my own life and with the people I've been coaching, when people make the decision to get rich, they're available to do things that are outside of their comfort zones and stretch themselves.
- Focus
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- Nov 07, 2020
Beyond diversity, the story of Obama's influence on the courts is more complex. Indeed, it could serve as a metaphor for his Presidency: symbolically rich but substantively hazy. Obama took office after years of intense conservative focus on the courts.
- Fly
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was a child, I didn't fly - we couldn't afford to fly. Flying was for rich people.
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the annals of the rich and miserable, Christina Onassis stands out, if only because she was so rich and so miserable.
- Poor
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- Nov 07, 2020
We are all equal, rich and poor, and we need a society where the people enjoy their rights.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
You don't seem to realize that a poor person who is unhappy is in a better position than a rich person who is unhappy. Because the poor person has hope. He thinks money would help.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
As kids we didn't complain about being poor; we talked about how rich we were going to be and made moves to get the lifestyle we aspired to by any means we could. And as soon as we had a little money, we were eager to show it.
- Poverty
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the reasons inequality gets so deep in this country is that everyone wants to be rich. That's the American ideal. Poor people don't like talking about poverty because even though they might live in the projects surrounded by other poor people and have, like, ten dollars in the bank they don't like to think of themselves as poor.
- Nov 07, 2020
I had gone to a Catholic prep school where everyone was rich and having kids by the time they were 30.
- Handsome
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- Nov 07, 2020
Now I have children of my own. They ask their mother what will I be. Will I be handsome, will I be rich?
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020