Michael Harrington Quotes
That the poor are invisible is one of the most important things about them. They are not simply neglected and forgotten as in the old rhetoric of reform; what is much worse, they are not seen.
Quotes to Explore
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I've made a dozen films in the English language. But then, for love, for my family and friends, I returned to Europe... I annoyingly - looking back - turned down films like 007, 'For Your Eyes Only,' written specially for me.
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The higher your station, the less your liberty.
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The influence of blogging is overall a very positive force in the media.
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I'm a choir girl gone horribly, desperately wrong.
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2005 was a great year for me for fantastic roles that nobody saw.
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We live in a world of virtual goods where none of us own the 0s and 1s. What are you going to do?
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Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short intermissions.
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Wanting to take a light camera with me when I climb or do mountain runs has kept me using exclusively 35 mm.
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I don't like that, because there are a lot of people whose works I admire as actors or actresses, or musicians. And you know, I've been a big fan of different musicians or actors.
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I'm not the most charismatic, maybe emotional, fun-packed individual on the golf course; I get that.
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I started writing music with my cousin at, like, 16 and traveled with a '70s band.
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I like having a schedule. I tend to be the type of person that thrives on something being regular.
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Strength without agility is a mere mass.
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Riven and torn with cannon-shot, the trunks of the trees protruded bunches of splinters like hands, the fingers above the wound interlacing with those below.
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There's always something that needs attention when you own a property.
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When I think back to my childhood, I just think of the word 'freedom.' In the summers, we spent all day on the beach.
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I was arrested three times and tortured once.
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I got alright GCSEs, but I was lost. I didn't know what to do, whether to continue with education, go to uni, go to art school - then again, I was like, 'Maybe I should just go and get a job, start early and make money.'
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I was also interested in chemistry, but my parents were not willing to buy me a chemistry set.
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But if you - if what - the reports are true, what they're saying is, is that as a consequence of us getting 30 million additional people health care, at the margins that's going to increase our costs, we knew that.
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If a democratic society displays less brilliance than an aristocracy, there will also be less wretchedness; pleasures will be less outrageous and wellbeing will be shared by all; the sciences will be on a smaller scale but ignorance will be less common; opinions will be less vigorous and habits gentler; you will notice more vices and fewer crimes.
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I'm trying to be truthful.
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That the poor are invisible is one of the most important things about them. They are not simply neglected and forgotten as in the old rhetoric of reform; what is much worse, they are not seen.
