Adwoa Aboah Quotes

Sometimes people take it for granted that they had success, especially nowadays when you have instant stardom. A lot of people feel entitlement and nobody is entitled to anything.

Scratch a Yale man with both hands and you'll be lucky to find a coast-guard. Usually you find nothing at all.

I realize I am very privileged. But there's a difference between being spoiled and privileged.

I like having my mistakes corrected, but I wonder if it's because you're forced to have a certain humility if you're not an affluent white man.

Because of how I grew up and on 'Made In Chelsea,' I never had any challenge.

The last person I'd date is some rich kid who's had everything handed to her on a plate. Give me a normal girl any day.

I just think the most difficult thing to displace is privilege.

I've been lucky. I don't for a minute take for granted the good fortune I have had. You don't like to get ideas above your station, especially a boy from the south side of Glasgow.

'Get a Job' is about all the rich kids we knew when we were younger, kids who never had jobs but always had money for partying or getting their hair done.

I needed to give back, give back, give back. I felt guilty about my success. I felt uncomfortable about how easily I had been delivered this extraordinary life that I had.

I don't deny that I had a very privileged upbringing, but my parents and that town maintained a sense of normalcy that I think many people find hard to achieve, and I am so grateful for that.

I don't think that coming from a privileged background makes you this monster who doesn't feel things.

The worst thing you can do to a child, and I've seen it happen so many times, is the silver spoon.

I never felt hard done by and never wanted for anything, but I grew up in a wealthy area where I saw people being handed things on a plate. So it made me want to earn some money and be able to buy things for myself.

I don't like inherited wealth.

I remember feeling guilty that I had a good childhood. I thought everybody who is famous has to have a desperate childhood and work his way out of it, but I had a great one.

You know some of the people in The Strokes, yeah, their parents had success - but we didn't live like yuppies.

I'd always had quite a privileged lifestyle, to be honest. I've never wanted for anything, but I do know the value of things. I'm not, like, a brat.

When I was growing up, I wasn't taught how to feel or communicate feelings.

I'm the son of a former billionaire, but I'm just a working man.

My father came from old money. There was less of an expectation for the children to earn a living.

My cousin once told me, 'You're tall, you're handsome - and you're gonna have to apologize for it the rest of your life.' He imparted that information to me.

Little Zac had it easy - but he didn't realize he had it easy, so he took it for granted. I think going through 'Hairspray' and other projects helped me learn about the business and life in general.

As I look back now I can see that I was a perfect little aristocrat.

I'm tired of people on trust funds telling people on food stamps how to live.