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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
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe that cronyism is nothing more than welfare for the rich and powerful, and should be abolished.
- Poor
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- Nov 07, 2020
Obama is a leveler. He has come to narrow the divide between rich and poor. For him the ultimate social value is fairness. Imposing it upon the American social order is his mission.
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- Nov 07, 2020
We partied with the royal rich people, and we felt like rock stars. We drank all the whiskey in the place.
- Harlem
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- Nov 07, 2020
We can't have Harlem become one borough for the rich.
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- Nov 07, 2020
My family got all over me because they said Bush is only for the rich people. Then I reminded them, 'Hey, I'm rich'.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
The life of our city is rich in poetic and marvelous subjects. We are enveloped and steeped as though in an atmosphere of the marvelous; but we do not notice it.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I listened to my record and hear lots of influences. And it's very rich... it's got a wide spectrum.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've found that a lot of successful poker players grew up poor. And I'm convinced that poor people have a risk tolerance that rich people don't have because poor people fundamentally don't value money that much because they're used to not having it.
- Girl
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- Nov 07, 2020
My biggest fear in writing 'Gossip Girl' was that the characters would sound like stereotypical rich, air-headed heiresses. These were my friends. They were smart and multifaceted. They had interests and passions. They wanted to become lawyers and doctors and writers and filmmakers.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a little lavish I must admit. But I'm not really concerned with money. Being rich is not my goal, being wealthy is.
- Exuberant
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of my favorite passages in 'Leaves of Grass,' that breathless, exuberant poem so rich and full of innocence and joy and generosity and compassion, is 'Mannahatta.'
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nathaniel Rich wrote 'Odds Against Tomorrow' well before Hurricane Sandy and its surge crashed onto the isle of Manhattan, well before the streets were flooded and the subways drowned, only the Goldman Sachs building sparkling above the darkened avenues.
- Comedy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Unfortunately, it's the new normal to get divorced - and divorced with children is its own soil rich with land mines. There's a lot of comedy but a lot of heartache, too.
- Mystery
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Saturn system is a rich planetary system. It offers mystery, scientific insight, and obviously splendour beyond compare, and the investigation of this system has enormous cosmic reach... just studying the rings alone, we stand to learn a lot about the discs of stars and gas that we call the spiral galaxies.
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- Nov 07, 2020