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> [It takes a certain level of aspiration before one can take advantage of opportunities that are clearly offered.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-harrington/it-takes-a-certain-level-of-aspiration-before-one-can-take-advantage/)

[Michael Harrington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-harrington/)

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## More by Michael Harrington

> [“Socialism is still beginning, a task to be accomplished, not a destiny to be awaited.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-harrington/socialism-is-still-beginning-a-task-to-be-accomplished-not-a-destiny/)

[Michael Harrington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-harrington/)

> [Clothes make the poor invisible. America has the best-dressed poverty the world has ever known.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-harrington/clothes-make-the-poor-invisible-america-has-the-best-dressed-poverty/)

[Michael Harrington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-harrington/)

> [It takes a certain level of aspiration before one can take advantage of opportunities that are clearly offered.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-harrington/it-takes-a-certain-level-of-aspiration-before-one-can-take-advantage/)

[Michael Harrington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-harrington/)

> [People who are much too sensitive to demand of cripples that they run races ask of the poor that they get up and act…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-harrington/people-who-are-much-too-sensitive-to-demand-of-cripples-that-they-run/)

[Michael Harrington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-harrington/)

> [“The more you gaze into her eyes, the more you will see what you want, what is actually inside your heart. And then she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-harrington/the-more-you-gaze-into-her-eyes-the-more-you-will-see-what-you-want/)

[Michael Harrington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-harrington/)

> [“... most people since the dawn of human time have been simply programmed by their birth to a short and brutish life that is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-harrington/most-people-since-the-dawn-of-human-time-have-been-simply-programmed/)

[Michael Harrington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-harrington/)

> [“Also, remember, temptations of the heart are the most dangerous but, if we want to truly live, it’s a danger we must embrace.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-harrington/also-remember-temptations-of-the-heart-are-the-most-dangerous-but-if/)

[Michael Harrington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-harrington/)

> [That the poor are invisible is one of the most important things about them. They are not simply neglected and forgotten as in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-harrington/that-the-poor-are-invisible-is-one-of-the-most-important-things-about/)

[Michael Harrington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-harrington/)

> [“I will reveal one secret,” said the maestro. “The depth will be even more enhanced when I build up many more layers of transparent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-harrington/i-will-reveal-one-secret-said-the-maestro-the-depth-will-be-even-more/)

[Michael Harrington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-harrington/)

> [If there is technological advance without social advance, there is, almost automatically, an increase in human misery.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-harrington/if-there-is-technological-advance-without-social-advance-there-is/)

[Michael Harrington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-harrington/)

> [Life is lived in common, but not in community.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-harrington/life-is-lived-in-common-but-not-in-community/)

[Michael Harrington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-harrington/)

> [“Managers receiving hundreds of thousands a year—and setting their compensation for themselves—are not being paid wages, they are appropriating surplus value in the guise…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-harrington/managers-receiving-hundreds-of-thousands-a-year-and-setting-their/)

[Michael Harrington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-harrington/)

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