Studs Terkel Quotes
One of the definitive works on gay life. Through this collective testimony we may come to understand what it is to be 'the other'; in short, the other part of ourselves.
Quotes to Explore
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I'll sleep when I'm dead.
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And I mean I never doubt anybody's record.
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The reality is the majority of us will not get off this planet. So the long run is, some kind of space exploration has to benefit us here on Earth.
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2009 was crazy enough! I can't believe I worked with Jeremy Irons, Joan Allen, Marsha Mason, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Angela Lansbury, Jack O'Brien and Trevor Nunn in the same 12 months.
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America is not the center of the universe.
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It makes no difference if I burn my bridges behind me - I never retreat.
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It's a myth that you have to wash your hair all the time.
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When people unfortunately use religion to facilitate their envy, arrogance and hate, communalism surfaces.
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Do you. Wear what you want to wear. Be an individual. Be unique and live your best life.
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For graduate school I ended up going to the University of Iowa, which is, of course, the best graduate writing program in the country.
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I would say that children are more resilient than you realize, and that as long as you love them, there is no right way to raise your children. You have to find your own way. It's your way and it's your child.
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For me, I try not to set any goals or try and see what's gonna happen, because I don't wanna be let down or disappointed that something didn't happen the way I thought it was gonna happen.
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Fast track is about pushing through the TPP, TTIP and future trade agreements that would massively increase the power of big international corporations and affect the daily lives of Americans.
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We need to stop flying, stop driving cars and jetting around on marine recreational vehicles.
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You can't fake creativity, competence, or sexual arousal.
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I like drawing people in the airport or on the bus or in venues. I like catching people in the moment. It's a similar inspiration for me in terms of songwriting.
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The older you get, the better you get. The key is just keeping the body up with the mind. The mind keeps developing when the body is breaking down.
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To make fluffy scrambled eggs, the best trick is to whisk in a splash of water and nothing else. Cream, milk, and other liquids drag the eggs down!
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You don't psych yourself up for these things, you do them... I'm acting for the audience, not for myself, and I do it as directly as I can.
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Spend enough time around success and failure, and you learn a reverence for possibility.
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When you write fiction, you can sort of invent more but also pack it with emotions that are very pertinent to you. Whereas with nonfiction, you have to be as factual as possible but also hopefully - also bring... emotional relevance to the piece.
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I've always been a skinny man.
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I would love to do a period piece - in the 18th or 17th century. To me, it would be such an incredible challenge because of the way people carried themselves. There are so many incredible stories within those centuries - just the language and the way they carried themselves and what they were going through.
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One of the definitive works on gay life. Through this collective testimony we may come to understand what it is to be 'the other'; in short, the other part of ourselves.
