Michael Harrington Quotes
Clothes make the poor invisible. America has the best-dressed poverty the world has ever known.
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If al Qaeda or any other enemy of our country manages to create a situation or explode a bomb or murder or incapacitate large numbers of our people, we cannot wait for 7 weeks of a special election in order to deal with that.
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Younger hackers are hard to classify. They're probably just as diverse as the old hackers are. We're all over the map.
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I am big believer that increase the size of the cake is as at least as important as distribution of the cake. To increase the size of the cake, you need to focus on progress.
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Celebrities and 'famous' people are just regular folks. I know, it's a shocking and potentially dangerous statement.
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I didn't make any money from my writing until much later. I published about 80 stories for nothing. I spent on literature.
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I'm an all-things-in-moderation kind of person. I do eat a warm donut occasionally. I especially enjoy a cider donut when I'm apple picking. I don't think there's anything wrong with that.
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Professionally, when I did the Olympic games and sang for my country in Australia. It was a big moment, Sydney in 2000. It was just a brilliant moment in my life.
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He who indulges in falsehood will find the paths of paradise shut to him.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger, I don't know if you'd call him a great actor, but he's amazing in terms of his presence, and he is interesting enough that you want to watch him.
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In the case of 'The Deep,' because of the people involved, the talent and the real lives of people who died, I wanted to make the most honest film I could. And sometimes that's the best way to go: Just make the best version of the film you can.
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It wouldn't bother me at all not to play on my own album.
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What is fetus farming? Simply put, it is the creation and development of a human fetus for the purposes of later killing it for research or for harvesting its organs.
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The environmental problems of developing countries are not the side effects of excessive industrialisation but reflect the inadequacy of development.
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If you chomp down too hard on my work, you're going to break your teeth.
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Economic disasters or foolish wars are hardly guaranteed to bring about large-scale individual self-examination or renew the appeal of truly participatory democracy.
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Don't let Ted Turner deface my movie with his crayons.
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'Do you love him?' Maura asked curiously.'I'd rather not,' Blue replied.'He has lots of negative qualities I can help you hone in on,' her mother offered.'I'm already aware of them. Infinitely.'
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I start lighting pine-scented candles the day after Halloween.
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Our focus is on helping people develop the skills to find and keep a job. Instead of focusing on a war against poverty, we will focus on fighting for the poor among us by offering them hope and opportunity.
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I feel displaced when I'm back in America, like a visitor. I feel like if I don't get a cup of tea I'm going to lose my mind.
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A woman is never going to get to be Bond or Doctor Who. That will never happen.
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Over-reliance on strictly economic justifications has already begun to hurt the quality and range of education at every level of American life.
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Jeans should never be worn to someone's home if you are having dinner there.
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Clothes make the poor invisible. America has the best-dressed poverty the world has ever known.
