Studs Terkel Quotes

Smug respectability, like the poor, we've had with us always. Today, however, ... such obtuseness is an indulgence we can no longer afford. The computer, nuclear energy for better or worse, and sudden, simultaneous influences upon everyone's TV screen have raised the ante and the risk considerably.

Studs Terkel

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I discovered Einstein said the same thing about his celebrated theories of relativity that writers say about their work when he said he didn't have any feelings of personal possession of these ideas. Once they were out there, they came from somewhere else. And that's exactly the feeling when you write. You don't feel possessive about it.

E. L. Doctorow
- Work
- Feeling
- Ideas
Who said that artists should sell their soul, expose everything about themselves?

Vanessa Paradis
- Soul
- Said
- Everything
If you don't improve the lives of the poor, it's not charity.

Manoj Bhargava
- You
- Charity
- Improve
I don't look like a white woman. I look Somali.

Iman
- Woman
- Look
- White
Jail is definitely not cool. Education is.

Ja Rule
- Education
- Cool
- Jail
Kids are naturally gifted at art from a very young age. The problem is when they get older and become self-conscious. The process should always be fun, though.

Damien Hirst
- Art
- Kids
- Fun