Studs Terkel

I want people to talk to one another no matter what their difference of opinion might be. ↗

— Studs Terkel

#difference #i #matter #might #opinion

You happen to be talking to an agnostic. You know what an agnostic is? A cowardly atheist. ↗

— Studs Terkel

#atheist #cowardly #happen #know #talking

I want, of course, peace, grace, and beauty. How do you do that? You work for it. ↗

— Studs Terkel

#course #grace #how #i #peace

I always love to quote Albert Einstein because nobody dares contradict him. ↗

— Studs Terkel

#albert einstein #always #because #contradict #dares

I hope for peace and sanity - it's the same thing. ↗

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#i #peace #same #sanity #thing

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. ↗

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#argument #debate #instead #missing #sorts

Why are we born? We're born eventually to die, of course. But what happens between the time we're born and we die? We're born to live. One is a realist if one hopes. ↗

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#born #course #die #eventually #happens

But once you become active in something, something happens to you. You get excited and suddenly you realize you count. ↗

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#become #count #excited #get #happens

Chicago is not the most corrupt American city. It's the most theatrically corrupt. ↗

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#chicago #city #corrupt #most

I hope that memory is valued - that we do not lose memory. ↗

— Studs Terkel

#i #i hope that #lose #memory #valued