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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The mind moves in the direction of our currently dominant thoughts.
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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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You ask any person in the U.S. and they know who Mary Lou Retton is.
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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 father was dark skinned because he was Tatar. Sometimes Tatars can look Brazilian.
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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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It was hard to admit I had a problem when I still had money, property, prestige. How can I have a problem when I'm driving my new Mercedes, and it's paid for, and I have a house at Malibu?
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I used to work for a catering company - I waitressed for Harry Winston events. I remember being so hungry, I would eat when I was supposed to be catering to other people.
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I got lost in the night, without the light of your eyelids, and when the night surrounded me I was born again: I was the owner of my own darkness.
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History contains heroes, but no one is a hero entirely, and no one is a hero for very long.
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It is man's own fault, it is from want of use, if his mind grows torpid in old age.
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Once upon a time, I was a workaholic clocking more than 80 hours per week. That changed after I began to write. I now work only around 35 hours per week. I do not work on weekends because these are the days that I use for research as well as for my writing.
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If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them.
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I want to praise activists through the years. I praise those of the past as well, to have them honored.
