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Studs Terkel
American
Journalist
Born:
May 16
,
1912
Died:
Oct 31
,
2008
Book
Hope
People
Time
World
You
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I want people to talk to one another no matter what their difference of opinion might be.
Studs Terkel
People
Matter
Talk
Another
Opinion
Difference
Want
Might
But once you become active in something, something happens to you. You get excited and suddenly you realize you count.
Studs Terkel
You
Become
Active
Once
Something
Count
Excited
Get
Happens
Realize
Suddenly
I've always felt, in all my books, that there's a deep decency in the American people and a native intelligence - providing they have the facts, providing they have the information.
Studs Terkel
People
Intelligence
Decency
Books
Facts
Felt
Always
Providing
American
Native
Information
American People
Deep
When you become part of something, in some way you count. It could be a march; it could be a rally, even a brief one. You're part of something, and you suddenly realize you count. To count is very important.
Studs Terkel
You
Important
Become
Rally
Way
Some
Something
Could
Count
Part
Very
Realize
Even
Brief
Suddenly
March
Chicago is not the most corrupt American city. It's the most theatrically corrupt.
Studs Terkel
City
Corrupt
Most
Chicago
American
I hope for peace and sanity - it's the same thing.
Studs Terkel
Hope
Peace
Same Thing
Same
Sanity
Thing
I hope that memory is valued - that we do not lose memory.
Studs Terkel
Hope
Memory
Lose
Valued
I'm not up on the Internet, but I hear that is a democratic possibility. People can connect with each other. I think people are ready for something, but there is no leadership to offer it to them. People are ready to say, 'Yes, we are part of a world.'
Studs Terkel
Leadership
People
World
Internet
Think
Other
Say
Possibility
Something
Part
Democratic
Ready
Hear
Up
Yes
Offer
Them
Connect
Each
If solace is any sort of succor to someone, that is sufficient. I believe in the faith of people, whatever faith they may have.
Studs Terkel
Faith
People
Whatever
Believe
Solace
Someone
Sort
Any
May
Sufficient
Religion obviously played a role in this book and the previous book, too.
Studs Terkel
Religion
Book
Too
Previous
Obviously
Role
Played
So people are ready. I feel hopeful in that sense.
Studs Terkel
People
Sense
Hopeful
Feel
Ready
Someone who does an act. In a democratic society, you're supposed to be an activist; that is, you participate. It could be a letter written to an editor.
Studs Terkel
You
Society
Someone
Could
Written
Participate
Supposed
Democratic
Democratic Society
Does
Editor
Act
Who
Activist
Letter
That's what we're missing. We're missing argument. We're missing debate. We're missing colloquy. We're missing all sorts of things. Instead, we're accepting.
Studs Terkel
Debate
Argument
Instead
Missing
Sort
Accepting
Things
We use the word 'hope' perhaps more often than any other word in the vocabulary: 'I hope it's a nice day.' 'Hopefully, you're doing well.' 'So how are things going along? Pretty good. Going to be good tomorrow? Hope so.'
Studs Terkel
Hope
Good
Day
You
Word
Tomorrow
Nice
Other
Hopefully
Pretty
Pretty Good
Vocabulary
More
Along
Perhaps
Well
How
Doing
Than
Any
Going
Often
Use
Things
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