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Studs Terkel
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"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."
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Studs Terkel
Topic(s):
Respect
"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."
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Studs Terkel
Topic(s):
Hope
"I want, of course, peace, grace, and beauty. How do you do that? You work for it."
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Studs Terkel
Topic(s):
Beauty
"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."
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Studs Terkel
Topic(s):
Intelligence
"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."
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Studs Terkel
Topic(s):
Hope
"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.’"
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Studs Terkel
Topic(s):
Leadership
"I hope for peace and sanity – it’s the same thing."
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Studs Terkel
Topic(s):
Hope
"If solace is any sort of succor to someone, that is sufficient. I believe in the faith of people, whatever faith they may have."
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Studs Terkel
Topic(s):
Faith
"Religion obviously played a role in this book and the previous book, too."
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Studs Terkel
Topic(s):
Religion
"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."
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Studs Terkel
Topic(s):
Health
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