Studs Terkel Quotes
I want to praise activists through the years. I praise those of the past as well, to have them honored.
Quotes to Explore
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Solutions will not be found while Indigenous people are treated as victims for whom someone else must find solutions.
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Most tragic mistake in history occurred when the United States joined the U.N.
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We keep score in life because it matters. It counts. It matters. Too many people opt out and never discover their own abilities because they fear failure. They don't understand commitment.
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I don't think that women need to smell interesting.
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It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.
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I live in a rural residential area. It's a great place for a walk. I'm at my happiest when I'm listening to my iPod while walking around where my feet take me.
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No matter how many times you say Social Security is broke, the reality is that Social Security's independent revenue stream and its Trust Fund's investments maintain the program's solvency until 2037, when it may begin to fall short.
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I'm not really clear what the whole deal is with flags. I like my flag, but I wouldn't die for it. There's issues of identity, of course. That's going to always come in. I, for example, don't want to be called a 'North Britisher.' I want to be Scottish.
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Yeah, I like to have fun - I think that's a good way to live. I think you're better at your job if you like it.
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The kids are not brought up to have minds of their own as individuals.
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My dad wouldn't let me date until I was 16.
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I must ask the Lord to direct the Holy Spirit within me to drain the life out of sin and in prayer.
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I didn't fit in at school, and I didn't fit in at home, and I didn't know why. I was often lonely.
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People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.
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Compassion is a practically acquired knowledge, like dancing. You must do it and practice diligently day by day.
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I am learning all the time. The tombstone will be my diploma.
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'Do you suppose a woman knows why she loves? Does she select? Does she say to herself, 'Go to! here is a distinguished statesman with presidential possibilities; I shall proceed to fall in love with him.' or, 'I shall set my heart upon this musician, whose fame is on every tongue?' or 'this financier, who controls the world's money markets?''
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The life of man is a long march through the night, surrounded by invisible foes, tortured by weariness and pain, towards a goal that few can hope to reach, and where none may tarry long.
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I did not make this film about Frank Abagnale because of what he did . . but because of what he has done with his life the past 30 years.
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Fantastic tyrant of the amorous heart. How hard thy yoke, how cruel thy dart. Those escape your anger who refuse your sway, and those are punished most, who most obey.
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I'm not gonna name names, but sometimes when reporters are talking, it gets a little boring because I don't have any jokes to tell because the questions are so serious.
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And I know how many DJ pools have grown and I know how DJing has grown in the overall, but that was the technical side of it to me. DJs were rolling around, looking for stuff to buy and looking to see what was in the store when they get there.
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I want to praise activists through the years. I praise those of the past as well, to have them honored.
