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Studs Terkel Quotes

Taking life seriously requires taking death seriously Picture Quote #1

Work is a search for daily meaning as well as for daily bread Picture Quote #1

The issue is jobs. You can’t get away from it: jobs. Having a buck or two in your pocket and feeling like somebody Picture Quote #1

More and more we are into communications; and less and less into communication Picture Quote #1

How come you don’t work fourteen hours a day? Your great-great-grandparents did. How come you only work the eight-hour day? Four guys got hanged fighting for the eight-hour day for you Picture Quote #1

I’m not a Luddite completely; I believe in refrigerators to cool my martinis, and washing machines because I hate to see women smacking their laundry against a rock. When I hear about hardware, I think of pots and pans, and when I hear about software, I think of sheets and towels Picture Quote #1

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Ordinary’ is a word I loathe. It has a patronizing air. I have come across ordinary people who have done extraordinary things Picture Quote #1

Cannot Hannah Arendt’s ‘banality of evil’ be subject to transposition: the evil of banality? Picture Quote #1

We use the word ‘hope’ perhaps more often than any other word in the vocabulary: ‘I hope it’s a nice day.’ ‘Hopefully, you’re doing well.’ ‘So how are things going along? Pretty good. Going to be good tomorrow? Hope so.’ Picture Quote #1

People are hungry for stories. It’s part of our very being. Storytelling is a form of history, of immortality too. It goes from one generation to another. -Studs Terkel Picture Quote #1

I have a big mouth, and I never met a petition I didn’t like, so of course in the McCarthy days I got in trouble Picture Quote #1

We’re born eventually to die, of course. But what happens between the time we’re born and we die? We’re born to live. One is a realist if one hopes Picture Quote #1

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Once you wake up the human animal, you can’t put it back to sleep again Picture Quote #1

Chicago is not the most corrupt American city. It’s the most theatrically corrupt Picture Quote #1

Tom Paine was a great American visionary. His book, Common Sense, sold a couple of hundred thousand copies in a population of four or five million. That means it was a best seller for years. People were thoughtful then. Hope is one thing. But you need to have hope with thought Picture Quote #1

I read somewhere that when a person takes part in community action, his health improves. Something happens to him or to her biologically. It’s like a tonic Picture Quote #1

Curiosity never killed this cat’ Â- that’s what I’d like as my epitaph Picture Quote #1

Ordinary people are capable of doing extraordinary things, and that’s what it’s all about. They must count Picture Quote #1

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The trouble with censorship is that once it starts it is hard to stop. Just about every book contains something that someone objects to Picture Quote #1

I'm celebrated for celebrating the uncelebrated Picture Quote #1

People are hungry for stories. It’s part of our very being Picture Quote #1

I’m not an optimist. I’m hopeful Picture Quote #1

Don’t be an examiner, be the interested inquirer Picture Quote #1

Reading a book should not be a passive exercise, but rather a raucous conversation Picture Quote #1

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Hope never trickles down. It always springs up Picture Quote #1

So how are things going along? Pretty good. Going to be good tomorrow? Hope so Picture Quote #1

An agnostic is a cowardly atheist Picture Quote #1

If there is knowledge, it lies in the fusion of the book and the street Picture Quote #1

Most of us have jobs that are too small for our spirits Picture Quote #1

I hope for peace and sanity - it's the same thing Picture Quote #1

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Taking life seriously requires taking death seriously (Studs Terkel Quotes) Work is a search for daily meaning as well as for daily bread (Studs Terkel Quotes) The issue is jobs. You can’t get away from it: jobs. Having a buck or two in your pocket and feeling like somebody. (Studs Terkel Quotes) More and more we are into communications; and less and less into communication (Studs Terkel Quotes) How come you don’t work fourteen hours a day? Your great-great-grandparents did. How come you only work the eight-hour day? Four guys got hanged fighting for the eight-hour day for you (Studs Terkel Quotes) I’m not a Luddite completely; I believe in refrigerators to cool my martinis, and washing machines because I hate to see women smacking their laundry against a rock. When I hear about hardware, I think of pots and pans, and when I hear about software, I think of sheets and towels (Studs Terkel Quotes) Ordinary’ is a word I loathe. It has a patronizing air. I have come across ordinary people who have done extraordinary things (Studs Terkel Quotes) Cannot Hannah Arendt’s ‘banality of evil’ be subject to transposition: the evil of banality? (Studs Terkel Quotes) We use the word ‘hope’ perhaps more often than any other word in the vocabulary: ‘I hope it’s a nice day.’ ‘Hopefully, you’re doing well.’ ‘So how are things going along? Pretty good. Going to be good tomorrow? Hope so.’ (Studs Terkel Quotes) People are hungry for stories. It’s part of our very being. Storytelling is a form of history, of immortality too. It goes from one generation to another. -Studs Terkel (Studs Terkel Quotes) I have a big mouth, and I never met a petition I didn’t like, so of course in the McCarthy days I got in trouble. (Studs Terkel Quotes) We’re born eventually to die, of course. But what happens between the time we’re born and we die? We’re born to live. One is a realist if one hopes. (Studs Terkel Quotes) Once you wake up the human animal, you can’t put it back to sleep again (Studs Terkel Quotes) Chicago is not the most corrupt American city. It’s the most theatrically corrupt. (Studs Terkel Quotes) Tom Paine was a great American visionary. His book, Common Sense, sold a couple of hundred thousand copies in a population of four or five million. That means it was a best seller for years. People were thoughtful then. Hope is one thing. But you need to have hope with thought. (Studs Terkel Quotes) I read somewhere that when a person takes part in community action, his health improves. Something happens to him or to her biologically. It’s like a tonic. (Studs Terkel Quotes) Curiosity never killed this cat’ Â- that’s what I’d like as my epitaph (Studs Terkel Quotes) Ordinary people are capable of doing extraordinary things, and that’s what it’s all about. They must count. (Studs Terkel Quotes) The trouble with censorship is that once it starts it is hard to stop. Just about every book contains something that someone objects to. (Studs Terkel Quotes) I'm celebrated for celebrating the uncelebrated (Studs Terkel Quotes) People are hungry for stories. It’s part of our very being (Studs Terkel Quotes) I’m not an optimist. I’m hopeful (Studs Terkel Quotes) Don’t be an examiner, be the interested inquirer (Studs Terkel Quotes) Reading a book should not be a passive exercise, but rather a raucous conversation (Studs Terkel Quotes) Hope never trickles down. It always springs up (Studs Terkel Quotes) So how are things going along? Pretty good. Going to be good tomorrow? Hope so (Studs Terkel Quotes) An agnostic is a cowardly atheist (Studs Terkel Quotes) If there is knowledge, it lies in the fusion of the book and the street (Studs Terkel Quotes) Most of us have jobs that are too small for our spirits (Studs Terkel Quotes) I hope for peace and sanity - it's the same thing (Studs Terkel Quotes)

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