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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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Music in itself carries a whole set of messages which are very, very rich and complex, and the words either serve to exclude certain ones or point up certain others.
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I've always said it's easier for bands to make a hard stance - like, we don't do commercials or whatever, blah blah blah - when you've sold billions of records. It's super-easy to be righteous when you're rich.
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I went to USC. I wasn't a rich kid or anything like that, so I had to get a scholarship. Went to USC; my first year, I took 26 units, so I got to have a nickname. Everyone goes, 'There's 26.' So I had a nickname. Having a nickname is a good thing because then you start to get popular, and you keep that going.
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For me it's been very exciting to contribute to the public's understanding of how rich and wondrous science is.
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In aristocratic societies, rich people used to commission exquisite paintings for their walls.
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The Soviet Union was an exception, but even there chess players were not rich. Only Fischer changed that.
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I was born with no money. So when people talk about Bow Wow being rich his whole life, I don't know where they get that.
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Happy the country that lives on nothing but its wits; cursed be the one that thinks it can get rich by planting or digging or drilling for wealth.
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I felt rich when I was 20 years old and my wife was paying my bills. Just being in a band, I've always felt blessed.
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When people listen to Jay-Z, they're working all day or trying to work and pay their bills, and what they hear is someone who's free. Who doesn't have to worry about the electricity. But all we're taught is that those who are rich deserve to be rich because they worked harder than the rest of us, or they're smarter.
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If you're poor and you do something stupid, you're nuts. If you're rich and do something stupid, you're eccentric.
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You can tax the rich all you want. The problem is there aren't enough of the rich.
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I was utterly without worldly ambition because I knew that all that was needed for a rich, full life was a few shillings a week with which to buy SF magazines and beer.
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One fundamental issue which Trump did take advantage of was the increasing disparities of income in the United States. So many people saw the rich getting richer and it not being spread around. It's affecting European politics, too, now.
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