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Studs Terkel Quotes

So people are ready. I feel hopeful in that sense Picture Quote #1

I want a language that speaks the truth Picture Quote #1

I hope that memory is valued - that we do not lose memory Picture Quote #1

I always love to quote Albert Einstein because nobody dares contradict him Picture Quote #1

Chicago is not the most corrupt American city, it's the most theatrically corrupt Picture Quote #1

Nonetheless, do I have respect for people who believe in the hereafter? Of course I do. I might add, perhaps even a touch of envy too, because of the solace Picture Quote #1

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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

With optimism, you look upon the sunny side of things. People say, 'Studs, you're an optimist.' I never said I was an optimist. I have hope because what's the alternative to hope? Despair? If you have despair, you might as well put your head in the oven Picture Quote #1

All the other books ask, 'What's it like?' What was World War II like for the young kid at Normandy, or what is work like for a woman having a job for the first time in her life? What's it like to be black or white? Picture Quote #1

But once you become active in something, something happens to you. You get excited and suddenly you realize you count Picture Quote #1

If solace is any sort of succor to someone, that is sufficient. I believe in the faith of people, whatever faith they may have Picture Quote #1

I've always felt, in all my books, that there's a deep decency in the American people and a native intelligence - providing they have the facts, providing they have the information Picture Quote #1

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I'm not up on the Internet, but I hear that is a democratic possibility. People can connect with each other. I think people are ready for something, but there is no leadership to offer it to them. People are ready to say, 'Yes, we are part of a world.' Picture Quote #1

I think it's realistic to have hope. One can be a perverse idealist and say the easiest thing: 'I despair. The world's no good.' That's a perverse idealist. It's practical to hope, because the hope is for us to survive as a human species. That's very realistic Picture Quote #1

I thought, if ever there were a time to write a book about hope, it's now Picture Quote #1

I want, of course, peace, grace, and beauty. How do you do that? You work for it Picture Quote #1

I want people to talk to one another no matter what their difference of opinion might be Picture Quote #1

I want to praise activists through the years. I praise those of the past as well, to have them honored Picture Quote #1

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People are ready to say, 'Yes, we are ready for single payer health insurance.' We are the only industrialized country in the world that does not have national health insurance. We are the richest in wealth and the poorest in health of all the industrial nations Picture Quote #1

Most of us, like the assembly line worker, have jobs that are too small for our spirit. Jobs are not big enough for people 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

I was born in the year the Titanic sank. The Titanic went down, and I came up. That tells you a little about the fairness of life Picture Quote #1

I was walking downstairs carrying a drink in one hand and a book in the other. Don't try that after ninety Picture Quote #1

Doris Lessing: We simply have no idea of Chicago... We never think of you as being on a lake, or of the city being beautiful. We think about the gangsters. You do still have gangsters, don't you? Terkel: Yes, but these days they're mostly in business, or politics Picture Quote #1

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You know, power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely? It's the same with powerlessness. Absolute powerlessness corrupts absolutely. Einstein said everything had changed since the atom was split, except the way we think. We have to think anew Picture Quote #1

Having been blacklisted from working in television during the McCarthy era, I know the harm of government using private corporations to intrude into the lives of innocent Americans. When government uses the telephone companies to create massive databases of all our phone calls it has gone too far Picture Quote #1

That's why I wrote this book: to show how these people can imbue us with hope. 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

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 Picture Quote #1

Something was still there, that something that distinguishes an artist from a performer: The revealing of self. Here I be. Not for long, but here I be. In sensing her mortality, we sensed our own Picture Quote #1

You happen to be talking to an agnostic. You know what an agnostic is? A cowardly atheist Picture Quote #1

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So people are ready. I feel hopeful in that sense (Studs Terkel Quotes) I want a language that speaks the truth (Studs Terkel Quotes) I hope that memory is valued - that we do not lose memory (Studs Terkel Quotes) I always love to quote Albert Einstein because nobody dares contradict him (Studs Terkel Quotes) Chicago is not the most corrupt American city, it's the most theatrically corrupt (Studs Terkel Quotes) Nonetheless, do I have respect for people who believe in the hereafter? Of course I do. I might add, perhaps even a touch of envy too, because of the solace (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) With optimism, you look upon the sunny side of things. People say, 'Studs, you're an optimist.' I never said I was an optimist. I have hope because what's the alternative to hope? Despair? If you have despair, you might as well put your head in the oven (Studs Terkel Quotes) All the other books ask, 'What's it like?' What was World War II like for the young kid at Normandy, or what is work like for a woman having a job for the first time in her life? What's it like to be black or white? (Studs Terkel Quotes) But once you become active in something, something happens to you. You get excited and suddenly you realize you count (Studs Terkel Quotes) If solace is any sort of succor to someone, that is sufficient. I believe in the faith of people, whatever faith they may have (Studs Terkel Quotes) I've always felt, in all my books, that there's a deep decency in the American people and a native intelligence - providing they have the facts, providing they have the information (Studs Terkel Quotes) I'm not up on the Internet, but I hear that is a democratic possibility. People can connect with each other. I think people are ready for something, but there is no leadership to offer it to them. People are ready to say, 'Yes, we are part of a world.' (Studs Terkel Quotes) I think it's realistic to have hope. One can be a perverse idealist and say the easiest thing: 'I despair. The world's no good.' That's a perverse idealist. It's practical to hope, because the hope is for us to survive as a human species. That's very realistic (Studs Terkel Quotes) I thought, if ever there were a time to write a book about hope, it's now (Studs Terkel Quotes) I want, of course, peace, grace, and beauty. How do you do that? You work for it (Studs Terkel Quotes) I want people to talk to one another no matter what their difference of opinion might be (Studs Terkel Quotes) I want to praise activists through the years. I praise those of the past as well, to have them honored (Studs Terkel Quotes) People are ready to say, 'Yes, we are ready for single payer health insurance.' We are the only industrialized country in the world that does not have national health insurance. We are the richest in wealth and the poorest in health of all the industrial nations (Studs Terkel Quotes) Most of us, like the assembly line worker, have jobs that are too small for our spirit. Jobs are not big enough for people (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) I was born in the year the Titanic sank. The Titanic went down, and I came up. That tells you a little about the fairness of life (Studs Terkel Quotes) I was walking downstairs carrying a drink in one hand and a book in the other. Don't try that after ninety (Studs Terkel Quotes) Doris Lessing: We simply have no idea of Chicago... We never think of you as being on a lake, or of the city being beautiful. We think about the gangsters. You do still have gangsters, don't you? Terkel: Yes, but these days they're mostly in business, or politics (Studs Terkel Quotes) You know, power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely? It's the same with powerlessness. Absolute powerlessness corrupts absolutely. Einstein said everything had changed since the atom was split, except the way we think. We have to think anew (Studs Terkel Quotes) Having been blacklisted from working in television during the McCarthy era, I know the harm of government using private corporations to intrude into the lives of innocent Americans. When government uses the telephone companies to create massive databases of all our phone calls it has gone too far (Studs Terkel Quotes) That's why I wrote this book: to show how these people can imbue us with hope. 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) 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 Quotes) Something was still there, that something that distinguishes an artist from a performer: The revealing of self. Here I be. Not for long, but here I be. In sensing her mortality, we sensed our own (Studs Terkel Quotes) You happen to be talking to an agnostic. You know what an agnostic is? A cowardly atheist (Studs Terkel Quotes)

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