Studs Terkel Quotes
To survive the day is triumph enough for the walking wounded among the great many of us.
Quotes to Explore
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My health is fine.
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A lot of news is just entertainment masquerading as news.
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When I got a million subscribers, it just sort of snowballed from there because a lot more people show interest. They're like, 'Who's this? They've got a million subscribers; maybe I'll like their channel.'
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I know that many authors say editors don't edit anymore, but that's not been true in my experience.
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I was pretty much grown-up by the time I attended school in Britain - or as grown-up as I'll ever get.
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I remember looking back on a photo of me... wearing a suit that was, like, two sizes too big for me. I think a lot of guys don't know what fits.
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The mere holding of slaves, therefore, is a condition having per se nothing of moral character in it, any more than the being a parent, or employer, or ruler.
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I just don't watch a lot of TV.
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Hippy people had a hopeful idea of what they wanted the world to be like, then most of them changed into corporate Yuppies. But I still have that hippy thing underneath somewhere.
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As a liberal, I am morally obligated to be pragmatic. What good do I do poor people, elderly people, people who are being discriminated against because of their sexual orientation if I'm not realistic about accomplishing something.
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I always have one foot in the street, so I know not everyone wants to dress like the women they see in music videos.
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The whole voiceover world is new and different to me and quite challenging.
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It is better to be young in your failures than old in your successes.
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Education is the gateway to the American Dream. But today our immigration laws make higher education - a virtual requirement for financial security - out of reach for more than one million undocumented students.
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When I was going through school, I joined the Lyceum Youth Theatre, and that kind of cemented it. Through being in and around the building and watching shows, I realised that there was something I really loved about it, so I went into the stage management side.
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What I know is the characters in a Southern town. I know the cadence of the language and the voice of Atlanta because I've lived here for so long. And I know the neighborhoods, and I hopefully know the people, and I feel a connection to them. And I also feel like I'm honoring them when I talk about them.
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I feel like I'm one of the many working mothers. And I only have one child. I know working mums who have three or four. It's definitely a challenge but it's a wonderful challenge to be able to do both.
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What's popular in places considered ghettos - whether that's the inner city or Appalachia - is having a decent quality of life.
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The only joy I had was writing what was. That book was. It no longer amuses me to be all the things I was when I wrote that. But it is my story as I was then.
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I just follow my instinct.
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Anytime you do something Latino, yeah, I love the color, the spice.
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It is not enough to be in the right place at the right time. You should also have an open mind at the right time.
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To survive the day is triumph enough for the walking wounded among the great many of us.
