- Parents
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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
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
With eye upraised his master's looks to scan, The joy, the solace, and the aid of man; The rich man's guardian, and the poor man's friend, The only creature faithful to the end.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am certain that most composers today would consider today's music to be rich, not to say confusing, in its enormous diversity of styles, technical procedures, and systems of esthetics.
- Governors
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- Nov 07, 2020
The richest persons in Africa are heads of state, governors and ministers. So every 'educated' African who wants to be rich - and there is nothing wrong with wanting to be rich - heads straight into government or politics.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most governments do have inbuilt biases in favour of the rich and powerful, and most do contain plenty of manipulators who love intrigue, who have lost whatever moral compass they may once have had and who protect themselves with steely cynicism.
- Fatalism
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- Nov 07, 2020
Britain is rich in radicalism, and anyone who says that our society has drifted into fatalism and apathy should get out more.
- Graduates
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want my kids to graduate from high school. But that's not enough. I also want them to go to college. Why? Because rich people's kids go to college. And if that's good enough for them, it's good enough for my kids. Because you know what? College graduates don't tend to go to jail as frequently as nongraduates.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The only people who benefit from lawsuits are lawyers. I think we made a couple of them rich.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
Cory Booker grew up rich in an all-white suburb. He's basically a white guy. His parents were very wealthy executives at IBM.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
As much as I love crisp, clean whites, there's always a time for rich but balanced Chardonnays with oak, especially at Thanksgiving.
- Ambition
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's not part of my ambition to become fabulously rich. My plan was always to make my pictures, and hopefully people would buy them, and then I'd buy a studio, buy a house, help friends out, do bits and bobs - but I've no idea after that.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Many critics, when trying to praise a short-story collection, will say that it has the heft and scope of a good novel. But for me, one of the highest compliments you can pay a novel is to say that it has the rich texture and eloquent detail of a good story collection.
- Must
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- Nov 07, 2020
To the revolutionary mind the American vista must have been almost as incredible as Genghis Khan's first view of China - so rich, so soft, so unaware.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020