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- 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
- Attendant
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is very frightening to feel alone when you are standing against a rich and powerful person and all his attendant helpers.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
You can get rich making fun of me. I know. I've made lots of money making fun of me.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
These people being of a sharp and acute intellect, and gifted with a rich and powerful understanding, excel in whatever studies they pursue, and are more quick and cunning than the other inhabitants of a western clime.
- Island
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- Nov 07, 2020
You can raise taxes on the rich in America! We should raise taxes on the rich in America. But we can't do that in Rhode Island.
- Poor
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- Nov 07, 2020
The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all.
- Better
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been rich and I've been poor. It's better to be rich.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I came from Winnipeg and a small-town background, and I wouldn't say a depressed area, but Winnipeg has never been a rich area like Toronto.
- Nov 07, 2020
Rich people who own mansions on the beach shouldn't get federal subsidies. If you want to stay there, take the risk.
- Loved
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad was in these pretty big films that were relevant to my age group. I remember him doing 'Richie Rich' when I was eight-years-old, and then 'Jumanji.' I remember going to these sets, and I loved being on film sets. I just found it fascinating watching how stories were made.
- First Things
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- Nov 07, 2020
I just got hooked on the radio, the voice of it all. It was my connection to metropolitan America, if you will. Sports, in particularly baseball then 'cause of its rich sediment of numbers, was one of the first things a young person could peg up with adults on - that is, you could know as much about Jimmy Fox as your father did.
- Disappointment
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- Nov 07, 2020
The information age has made Thiel rich, but it has also been a disappointment to him. It hasn't created enough jobs, and it hasn't produced revolutionary improvements in manufacturing and productivity. The creation of virtual worlds turns out to be no substitute for advances in the physical world.
- Blue
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- Nov 07, 2020
Together, Apple and Walmart represent the intense separation of American life into blue and red, rich and poor, overpriced and undersold, hyperconnected and left behind.
- Plants
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- Nov 07, 2020