The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.
Friedrich Nietzsche
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To give an accurate description of what has never occurred is not merely the proper occupation of the historian, but the inalienable privilege of any man of parts and culture.
Oscar Wilde
Understand that the right to choose your own path is a sacred privilege. Use it. Dwell in possiblity.
Oprah Winfrey
It is the province of knowledge to speak and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Membership in the bar is a privilege burdened with conditions.
Benjamin Cardozo
You who inherit the heavy privilege to serve in freedom's name. You who must brace for battle surely to come.
Charlton Heston
We have lots and lots of fun things in store. If we can eliminate the business privilege tax it will be a big impact, then we can look at all those other reforms.
Brett Mandel
Survival is a privilege which entails obligations. I am forever asking myself what I can do for those who have not survived.
Simon Wiesenthal
Service is the rent we pay for the privilege of living on this earth.
Shirley Chisholm
These were documents protected by client-attorney privilege.
Mark Gummerson
It's a privilege to be asked, ... People I talked to asked me, 'Do you know how special that is?'
Ben Graham
It's nice, it's an honor. What a privilege to be able to defend a state title. So my job is to get them to believe and work hard enough to be able to back that up and do it.
Beth Tocci
It's a privilege to play at Bethpage. We've got some quality kids on this team. I think we can score very well and even win the thing.
Ron Dubois
You must give some time to your fellow men. Even if it's a little thing, do something for others - something for which you get no pay but the privilege of doing it.
Albert Schweitzer
Self-confidence is either a petty pride in our own narrowness, or the realization of our duty and privilege as God's children.
Phillips Brooks
I think scholarships are more of a job than a privilege.
Josh Beekman
I'm very pleased with each advancing year. It stems back to when I was forty. I was a bit upset about reaching that milestone, but an older friend consoled me. 'Don't complain about growing old - many, many people do not have that privilege.'
Earl Warren
What you're doing is, you're paying $22.8 million for the privilege of putting up $100 million. At that point, you'd ask why would you need the middleman?
Carol Licko
You don't have to have money and privilege to have good manners.
Maribeth Evans
In the theory of gender I began from zero. There is no masculine power or privilege I did not covet. But slowly, step by step, decade by decade, I was forced to acknowledge that even a woman of abnormal will cannot escape her hormonal identity.
Camille Paglia
Great privilege and a great honor.
Andrew H. Card Jr
The attorney general's perspective is that she would like to have a clear and fair set of standards that hospitals should meet in exchange for the very lucrative privilege of tax-exempt status. I can assure you that for many hospitals, that's worth millions in any given year.
Anne Murphy
He's one of those soldiers. It's a privilege to play with him.
Chad Ellis
I could go out to the studio he had in L.A. and hang around with him. We'd play chess. I later learned that was a real privilege.
Rick Blackburn
It hasn't really hit yet. It's kind of weird that it's the last game, but for me, I have the privilege to keep playing.
Katie Mackey
It has always been a mixed bag, being the spouse of a political figure. Just as it is true that you and your family life come second, you also get great privilege and access to power, and power just on your own. They've known that, and we've known that, and that's a reason they haven't complained.
Carl Sferrazza Anthony
I think we are going to definitely have a fight on state-secret issues. I would also point out that the state-secret privilege has never come up in a case where the rights of so many have been at issue.
Kevin Bankston
It was an honor to be in this race with him. I also had to privilege to ride everyday in New York with him early in my career. There will never be another jockey with the passion and the love for the game like Angel has.
Richard Migliore
It is a great honor and privilege to serve on the Board of Curators.
David Wasinger
What a peculiar privilege has this little agitation of the brain which we call 'thought'.
David Hume
Think of giving not as a duty but as a privilege.
John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
I accept the Holy Father's decision with gratitude and confidence, ... The confidence is based on the fact that I can count on the help of God. . . . The gratitude comes from the privilege of working with my brother bishops and priests, deacons and religious, whose generosity and zeal I have already experienced over the last four and a half years.
Theodore E. Mccarrick
I appreciate the people that voted for me, ... I think that this old lady did a pretty good job and I appreciate being on the council for almost four years. In January when I have to give it up, I won't feel bad because I feel it was a privilege for me to be there and I appreciate it very much.
Mary Baker
I can't describe how fortunate and excited we are to have this jersey for the Hall. I think it is great commentary on the type of fans this organization has. They feel it's a privilege to help out the Hall of Fame. It's a great story.
Tom Murphy
Getting an observatory here had been a goal of the club for 30 years. It's a privilege to be associated with it and to have access to a research-grade telescope.
Walter Russell
That's their privilege. The only thing is that they are forfeiting the option of getting out of class or getting out of the cafeteria.
Dan Williams
Access to social welfare is no longer a right to all, but a privilege for the few. The criminal government is to blame for all of this.
Viktor Yushchenko
We don't really work on a chore system at my house. It's more or less like when you see something out of place, pick it up. But if my parents say, "Pick up the living room," I pick up the living room. So yeah, I get the "privilege" of helping out.
David Gallagher
Everybody's got their role on this team. It's a very talented team with bench players who could be starting anywhere else in the country. My role is to run down balls that are hit to me and it's been a privilege to get to do that.
Matt Riser
Private hospitals are no different than a commercial set up. They are even involved in the controversies of exhorting money from the patients, then what is the need of giving them such privilege.
Anupam Agarwal
Even at $4 a gallon, [buying a hybrid] is not a financial decision I'd make because you've got to pay about $4,000 or more upfront [in higher sticker price] for the privilege of driving around in a hybrid.
George Pipas
The opportunity to take part in this exciting new technology and have the privilege of applying my years of broadcast experience is truly the greatest adventure of my career. Cousin Brucie is flying!
Bruce Morrow
I consider it an honor and a privilege to be here today, ... I'm also involved with Special Olympics and the Jimmy Fund, which is the Red Sox charity.
Carlton Fisk
It is an honor to be invited to millions of viewers' homes in the U.S. and around the world. It is a privilege and not something I take lightly. I am excited to have this continued opportunity for so many years to come.
Phil Mcgraw
I think it's a wonderful honor and privilege to be called that. But you do it to his face. I ain't doing it.
Curtis Strange
It's a perfect storm. It involves race, privilege ... It involves arrogance, sex, athletes, the South.
James Coleman
She's absolutely the smartest player I've had the privilege to coach. You almost don't notice what she does until you look at the stats at the end of the game. She is what has made us the king we have become.
Joyce Walker
Pat Morita was a truly generous actor, a gifted comic, and an even greater friend, ... It was both my honor and privilege to have worked with him and create a bit of cinema magic together.
Ralph Macchio
I figured Josh Daniel or Chris Long would have got it. I'm happy and proud. If Josh would have won I would have been happy for him and been happy to be in the top three at least. I would have called him up and congratulated him. It's an honor and a privilege. They are great players.
Patrick Patterson
ELECTOR, n. One who enjoys the sacred privilege of voting for the man of another man's choice.
Ambrose Bierce
The act of divine worship is the inestimable privilege of man, the only created being who bows in humility and adoration.
Hosea Ballou
Her eldest is a member of the United States Congress, who has the privilege of standing before you and addressing this convention.
James Rogan
This is platform independent. We can write a backdoor for Windows that will elevate privilege, and turn around and use the code on Windows.
John Heasman
Representatives from the company were present answering hardball questions in the Sago disaster. I don't see why Massey doesn't give us the same privilege.
Chris Stratton
I think it was all right. If you change your mind and you want to go back and change it, you have the privilege to do it.
Charles Magee
It's an amazing thing to be part of. It's just a privilege. I'm just happy I had a chance to be part of it.
Brandon Mcpherson
I only had the privilege of meeting Mr. Page a few times. He was very much a respected member of the community.
Mark Price
It seems to me that it's a fairly narrow market that's going to pay for the privilege of reading columns by Maureen Dowd and Paul Krugman and such.
Glenn Reynolds
It feels nice and it is a privilege to don the maroon outfit in such a great milestone game and I hope I can take heart from the experience of such an opportunity and make every game that counts after a meaningful one.
Wavell Hinds
We're excited to play anybody. That is a privilege. What can I say? Every day is an opportunity. This gets us to Overall. We're going to go out and fight and give it our best shot.
Melanie Hall
It will be, if not a master class, at least a law school exam on the reporters' privilege.
Jane Kirtley
I don't have an issue with any comments she has made to the media but players still have to understand that wildcards are not a right. They are a privilege.
Craig Tiley
Those of us who are heterosexual need to say this very clearly: It is not fair that we have given ourselves a privilege that we've denied to others.
Liz Figueroa
It's a privilege. You play to be No. 1.
Ryan Herrs
I have dreamt since my youth that divine providence would grant me the privilege of dying in harness.
Rober Mayer
It's a privilege to have a concealed weapons permit. Having no oversight is scary. We especially want to know when someone is packing heat.
Adria Harper
At this point, I'm not sure if I'm going to want to make the army a career. I'm just excited and honored to have been accepted. It's a great opportunity for me and a privilege.
Jake Smith
We are really privilege to have coach Hooks speak at the banquet. This will be his second time speaking at the banquet.
Vera Rodriguez
It's just a privilege to be there with these families when they're so raw.
Jennifer Monson
Honesty has come to mean the privilege of insulting you to your face without expecting redress.
Judith Martin
What drives me now is the desire to be able to keep doing this. I love making records and performing, and success means I will continue to have the privilege to do that. I know it's not going to last forever, but I'd like to keep having success as long as I can so that I can still be a part of this industry.
Martina Mcbride
I am really looking forward to these matches and it is a privilege to have been selected. From a player's point of view these are the matches you want to be involved in.
Jacques Kallis
It's really hard running a business here. First the flood, then there was a fire down the street, and now this. The borough has been collecting the business privilege tax (since the flood) and now someone may have been taking from the till.
Vic Mannella
I picked on some good places that are friends of mine, ... It's a great privilege for me to see them.
Jimmy Bennett
I feel it's an excellent opportunity and a privilege to represent the British police. We're there to assist the German officers.
Dwayne Mitchell
It's an extraordinary privilege to be able to visit with the soldiers from Georgia.
Jim Marshall
We are confident that after careful consideration of these issues that this court, and any other court, would say that there is no basis for the extraordinary breach of the attorney-client privilege by allowing the government to call Mr. Carter to produce documents or to be a witness against his client.
Charles Ogletree
Documents that she's prepared as executive counsel to the president will be subject to executive privilege.
Leonard Leo
I count it a joy and a privilege to partner with my family for the concert, ... The added joy is that I get to come to my hometown and play. I've been away for a long time. I moved to Los Angeles in 1986.
Tommy Walker
Scratch a pessimist and you find often a defender of privilege.
Lord William Beveridge
It's a privilege to be asked to serve people. We've been in the community 80 years, and we're here to serve.
Andrea Park
Because the guys had been wanting to get back on campus, this is a privilege for them, and we expect them to uphold their end of the bargain. If they don't they will be penalized.
Billy Watson
'Tis the privilege of friendship to talk nonsense, and have her nonsense respected.
Charles Lamb
It's a privilege to be here.
Josh Shipp
He opened the door to the world of modern football and I considered it a privilege to play for him.
Geoff Hurst
Not at all, ... I've been a Democrat all my life, and I've been a contributor to candidates of Democratic persuasion -- sometimes Republican -- all my life. I'm a political activist. I consider it a responsibility and, frankly, I consider it a privilege to be a part of it.
Bernard Schwartz
(The girls) are aware of the privilege of living in a country where opportunities like education are available. Living in this country with all of the opportunities we have leaves some responsibility for doing something for other countries.
Nancy Murray
Getting hired under 18 is somewhat of a privilege.
Tim Maloney
I want the privilege of guiding the arrows of my children and giving them the exhortations that can shoot them into the high place.
Laurel Lee
Sometimes I get a little tired of it. But you know, what a privilege, to get tired of working with Ingmar Bergman.
Liv Ullmann
I wouldn't mind even if it's the only thing people remember me for. It was a privilege just to be there and to contribute to something so wonderful.
George Chakiris
They are facing no home, no job, nothing. To feed them was a privilege.
Helen Rice
It's a great privilege for us to do that.
Chris Johnson
Advertising is tax deductible, so we all pay for the privilege of being manipulated and controlled.
Avram Noam Chomsky
There is no preordained system of ranking of particular activities. Applications are weighed in total, and we don't privilege any one organization.
Jenni Allen
It's an honor and privilege to be able to play for him. He's one of the best coaches ever in the state and it's so cool to say I played four years for him.
Blake Reynolds
Not protected under attorney-client privilege and when there's a close call on those he thinks they should be turned over to the committee.
Kevin Bishop
It's a great privilege to be on ESPN. It's a great honor for our football team and this university to be on national television.
Rick Stockstill
It's a great privilege for us to have this group come and assist us.
James Richardson
This is not just any case. It's in a narrow category where Congress has provided the option for direct review, ... It's not a privilege that the government has abused over the past 26 years.
Donald Falk
The privilege of a higher education, especially outside Africa, broadened my original horizon and encouraged me to focus on the environment, women and development in order to improve the quality of life of people in my country in particular and in the African region in general.
Wangari Maathai
We will move a privilege motion against the minister who has misled Parliament in reply to a question in this regard.
Gurudas Dasgupta
I think the Mormon Tabernacle Choir is as great as it is because it's become it's a labor of love. They love what they do. (Choir membership) comes from some special places in their lives, and it's such a privilege to be involved with that kind of music making.
Charles Osgood
He shared in the cost for the privilege of being the pilot, ... It worked out well for all of us -- we finished our project and he was part of a grand adventure.
Mark Rebholz
Incentive/Removal of Incentive: Providing a reward or removing a privilege, above and beyond those that are required by the Geneva Convention.
Ricardo Sanchez
I've always considered it a privilege to be the coach of this program. It has been a real honor to represent our school and our community as coach. I have a lot of good memories.
Jim Scanlan
It was a privilege to be part of that.
Dean Wilson
It's a privilege to help make these areas playable again and contribute to a recreational facility the neighborhood can be proud of.
Tom Donahue
It was a chance to serve the town I grew up in. It is an honor and privilege to keep serving the people of Union Beach.
Robert Baird
They (wild-cards) are no longer a right, they are a privilege. We're developing environments where you have to work for those.
Craig Tiley
They said, 'You guys have to form an executive committee and you have about 20 minutes to do that,' because they needed a slate of officers, ... It's always a challenge to start something from ground zero. It's a privilege and a challenge at the same time.
Dennis Becker
I've had the privilege of flying with two wonderful crews. It was a wonderful experience and a wonderful week. Thank you very much.
Marcos Pontes
The Head of the Civil Service should stop the use of private plates because ministers and other Government officials use the privilege to cover up abuse.
Maina Kiai
If money, education, and honesty will not bring to me as much privilege, as much equality as they bring to any American citizen, then they are to me a curse, and not a blessing.
John Hope Franklin
That was a big deal to us. It was his way of sending us a message that we were taking everything for granted. This is the University of Florida. It's a privilege to be here and a privilege to play football here. Some guys might have lost sight of that, but he has that instilled into everyone now.
Tate Casey
It was both my honor and privilege to have worked with him and create a bit of cinema magic together. My life is all the richer for having known him. I will miss his genuine friendship.
Ralph Macchio
I always felt that the great high privilege, relief and comfort of friendship was that one had to explain nothing.
Katherine Mansfield
These people are threatening you and me when they're on the road. Driving is a privilege, not a right.
Dave Druker
I am asking that you not require my client to invoke in person her privilege before the committee.
Thomas Green
It was a great privilege to be able to support the Homeless World Cup and I look forward to their continuing good work.
Ricky Henderson
Anybody who's ever had the privilege of seeing me play knows that I am the greatest pitcher in the world.
Dizzy Dean
I can't help but think it's such a privilege. Not only being in that wonderful classic film, but living in this country -- America -- makes it a wonderful life.
Karolyn Grimes
Players are different today. They don't understand that it's a privilege to play this game. It's an honor. You have an opportunity to make a lot of money. But when you're complaining about only making $7 million to feed your family, nobody has sympathy for that. You're going to turn people off.
Tony Dorsett
There was disagreement both inside and outside of the state house about just what the appropriate age is for kids being able to take care of mobile computers. Laptops were seen as much more of a privilege than something that was essential for education.
Tom Davidson
During question hour, executive officials are not mandated to appear. But during an inquiry in aid of legislation, they are mandated to appear except when executive privilege is properly invoked by the president.
Ismael Khan
To hunt it's God's privilege. Every time I hunt deer or bear, I thank God for bringing me that animal.
Ralph Mazzuca
What a privilege it is to be an American!
Thomas Starr King
It's a very dark story. It's about the way desire for power and privilege compels women (and men) to behave with utter depravity.
Rebecca Copeland
It's a privilege to be admitted there. And especially when a school is private, they should have the power to choose who is worthy, for a lack of a better word.
Jack Harder
We come down firmly on the side that driving is a privilege.
Kerry Healey
There are so many kids that I admire and have had the privilege of coaching. There have been such great parents and it has been an outstanding experience for me. The kids have all been respectful, good sports and the parents are very supportive. I have been very fortunate to have the experience of coaching at Lake Central.
Tom Megyesi
Friendship's the privilege of private men; for wretched greatness knows no blessing so substantial.
Nahum Tate
There are only 30 jobs in the league. It will be a privilege to be considered for any of the jobs. I'm interested in them all.
Marc Crawford
La Pasionaria of middle-class privilege.
Denis Healey
That was awesome. They're so skilled, they make the game so much easier out there. It's just a privilege to play with those guys and try and make something happen.
Ryan Kesler
It was truly our privilege. We share a bond that is truly life-changing.
Karen Stewart
I definitely want to return to Cameroon. Cameroon is home to me. If my dad were to choose me as his successor, it would be an honor and privilege.
Camille Moute
It's a privilege as well as being exciting. The fans are extremely tribal, very parochial, very supportive, and it's one of the huge highlights so far of my coaching career.
Daniel Anderson
I first came on board when Ed and Mike Clay founded the Millersville organization, and it has been a privilege to see it go from an experiment to where it is now.
Jason Clarke
It's an honor and privilege to be selected. I'm honored to be a part of that crew to represent the positions of Connecticut and provide expertise of the law of the sea.
Glenn Sulmasy
What I wanted was to be allowed to do the thing in the world that I did best -- which I believed then and believe now is the greatest privilege there is. When I did that success found me.
Debbi Fields
He was a champion and it was a great privilege to have been around him. Even though he'd been out of service for a couple of years, we kept him in the same stall so he still felt he was part of things. That's what he deserved.
Doug Cauthen
Death is the privilege of human nature,And life without it were not worth our taking.
Nicholas Rowe
Religion is dogmatic. Politic is ideological. Reason must be logical, but literature has a privilege of being equivocal.
Carlos Fuentes
It's a much wider privilege in a media landscape that has changed.
Richard Carrion
I'm finally going to have the privilege to see it happen.
Pierre Lacroix
BACK, n. That part of your friend which it is your privilege to contemplate in your adversity.
Ambrose Bierce
Well, if I used the privilege of self-incrimination at that time, I must have felt that perhaps there might be something that might incriminate me in answering.
Ethel Rosenberg
We are the primary beneficiaries of racial privilege. It means something for a group of white people to speak out against racism and actively fight it.
Erica Mercker
It's important for me to ... understand that I benefit from racial privilege. If I'm not honest with that then I'm not being honest with myself.
Erica Mercker
It's probably the busiest week for 4-H of the year. It's fun for the adults and fun for the kids. It's a privilege, as a 4-H member, to do these things. You just pray you get a little bit of sleep in those 48 hours.
Elisa Shackelton
This is not a trivial matter. From my perspective, this case demonstrates a blatant disregard for the privilege of owning a liquor license and for city ordinances designed to regulate the sale of alcohol.
Ellen Anderson
I am not a product of privilege, I am a product of opportunity.
Edward Heath
He's probably the most famous scientist I'll ever get to meet. It was a privilege.
Edwina Pendarvis
I am definitely one of them, and it's a privilege just to have known the man.
Eddie Murray
We have to differentiate a right from a privilege. When kids see it as a privilege to be here, there's a different attitude.
Earl Brown
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