- 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
- Face
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd rather be able to face myself in the bathroom mirror than be rich and famous.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nobody can doubt Puerto Rico, sociologically, linguistically, culturally, and historically, is a nation. We have our own rich culture, thousand years of history, unique territory, and almost everyone's first language is Spanish, not English.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am Indian, and I'm proud of it. Indian life is mythologically rich and powerful.
- Nov 07, 2020
Like many rich men, he thought in anecdotes; like many simple women, she thought in terms of biography.
- Beautiful
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- Nov 07, 2020
Not only did I always know I was black, I always knew we were and are beautiful, culturally rich, and creators of everything from the sciences to the arts.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't want to play the girlfriend who's there because she's the girlfriend. And. That's. Her. Job. I want to play women and girls who are active and strong and who have a character arc and make decisions and have a rich background.
- Hood
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- Nov 07, 2020
International development aid is based on the Robin Hood principle: take from the rich and give to the poor.
- Harmed
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- Nov 07, 2020
The globalization that has rescued so many in poor countries has harmed some people in rich countries, as factories and jobs migrated to where labor is cheaper.
- Coexistence
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- Nov 07, 2020
As recognized since ancient times, the coexistence of very rich and very poor leads to two possibilities, neither a happy one. The rich can rule alone, disenfranchising or even enslaving the poor, or the poor can rise up and confiscate the wealth of the rich.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm in favor of inequality if it comes about from people making great innovations that make us all better off. And I think those people deserve to be rich. But the people who get rich by lobbying the Congress to give them special protections that come out of the hides of the workers seems to be a bad idea.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's hard to think that Mark Zuckerberg is actually impoverishing anyone by getting rich with Facebook. But driverless cars are another matter entirely.
- Poverty
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- Nov 07, 2020
The absence of state capacity - that is, of the services and protections that people in rich countries take for granted - is one of the major causes of poverty and deprivation around the world.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020