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Studs Terkel quotes: Marvin Miller, I suspect, is the most effective union organizer since John L. Lewis.

Marvin Miller, I suspect, is the most effective union organizer since John L. Lewis.

Studs Terkel quotes: More and more we are into communications; and less and less into communication.

More and more we are into communications; and less and less into communication.

Studs Terkel quotes: The trouble with censorship is that once it starts it is hard to stop. Just about every book contains something that someone objects to.

The trouble with censorship is that once it starts it is hard to stop. Just about every book contains something that someone objects to.

Studs Terkel quotes: Never go to bed with someone whose problems are greater than yours.

Never go to bed with someone whose problems are greater than yours.

Studs Terkel quotes: The worst day-to-day operators of businesses are bankers.

The worst day-to-day operators of businesses are bankers.

Studs Terkel quotes: Reading a book should not be a passive exercise, but rather a raucous conversation.

Reading a book should not be a passive exercise, but rather a raucous conversation.

Studs Terkel quotes: A man? If I need a man, wouldn't you think I'd have one of my own? Must I wait for you?

A man? If I need a man, wouldn't you think I'd have one of my own? Must I wait for you?

Studs Terkel quotes: You can work next to a guy for months without even knowing his name.

You can work next to a guy for months without even knowing his name.

Studs Terkel quotes: The answer is to say 'No!' to authority when authority is wrong.

The answer is to say 'No!' to authority when authority is wrong.

Studs Terkel quotes: Curiosity never killed this cat' - that's what I'd like as my epitaph

Curiosity never killed this cat' - that's what I'd like as my epitaph

Studs Terkel quotes: All you need in life is truth and beauty and you can find both at the Public Library.

All you need in life is truth and beauty and you can find both at the Public Library.

Studs Terkel quotes: Taking life seriously requires taking death seriously.

Taking life seriously requires taking death seriously.

Studs Terkel quotes: If solace is any sort of succor to someone, that is sufficient. I believe in the faith of people, whatever faith they may have.

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 quotes: What I remember most of those times is that poverty creates desperation, and desperation creates violence.

What I remember most of those times is that poverty creates desperation, and desperation creates violence.

Studs Terkel quotes: I find labels "liberal" and "conservative" of little meaning. Our language has become perverted along with the thoughts of many of us.

I find labels "liberal" and "conservative" of little meaning. Our language has become perverted along with the thoughts of many of us.

Studs Terkel quotes: I want a language that speaks the truth.

I want a language that speaks the truth.

Studs Terkel quotes: The issue is jobs. You can't get away from it: jobs. Having a buck or two in your pocket and feeling like somebody.

The issue is jobs. You can't get away from it: jobs. Having a buck or two in your pocket and feeling like somebody.

Studs Terkel quotes: The Grand Illusion, one of the great war films of all time.

The Grand Illusion, one of the great war films of all time.

Studs Terkel quotes: Most of us have jobs that are too small for our spirits.

Most of us have jobs that are too small for our spirits.

Studs Terkel quotes: You happen to be talking to an agnostic. You know what an agnostic is? A cowardly atheist.

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

Studs Terkel quotes: So, my credo consists of the pursuit and the act. One without the other is self-indulgence.

So, my credo consists of the pursuit and the act. One without the other is self-indulgence.

Studs Terkel quotes: I want to praise activists through the years. I praise those of the past as well, to have them honored.

I want to praise activists through the years. I praise those of the past as well, to have them honored.

Studs Terkel quotes: Because a book is a life, like one man is a life.

Because a book is a life, like one man is a life.

Studs Terkel quotes: Religion obviously played a role in this book and the previous book, too.

Religion obviously played a role in this book and the previous book, too.

Studs Terkel quotes: Once you wake up the human animal, you can't put it back to sleep again.

Once you wake up the human animal, you can't put it back to sleep again.

Studs Terkel quotes: The poor are so busy trying to survive from one day to the next, they haven't the time or energy to keep score.

The poor are so busy trying to survive from one day to the next, they haven't the time or energy to keep score.

Studs Terkel quotes: Cannot Hannah Arendt's 'banality of evil' be subject to transposition: the evil of banality?

Cannot Hannah Arendt's 'banality of evil' be subject to transposition: the evil of banality?

Studs Terkel quotes: I want, of course, peace, grace, and beauty. How do you do that? You work for it.

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

Studs Terkel quotes: But once you become active in something, something happens to you. You get excited and suddenly you realize you count.

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

Studs Terkel quotes: If there is knowledge, it lies in the fusion of the book and the street.

If there is knowledge, it lies in the fusion of the book and the street.

Studs Terkel quotes: To survive the day is triumph enough for the walking wounded among the great many of us.

To survive the day is triumph enough for the walking wounded among the great many of us.

Studs Terkel quotes: I thought, if ever there were a time to write a book about hope, it's now.

I thought, if ever there were a time to write a book about hope, it's now.

Studs Terkel quotes: I have a big mouth, and I never met a petition I didn't like, so of course in the McCarthy days I got in trouble.

I have a big mouth, and I never met a petition I didn't like, so of course in the McCarthy days I got in trouble.

Studs Terkel quotes: I don't know if I'm partisan to the underdog or whether I'm the underdog.

I don't know if I'm partisan to the underdog or whether I'm the underdog.

Studs Terkel quotes: I am paraphrasing Einstein. I love to do that: nobody dares contradict me.

I am paraphrasing Einstein. I love to do that: nobody dares contradict me.

Studs Terkel quotes: Hope never trickles down. It always springs up.

Hope never trickles down. It always springs up.

Studs Terkel quotes: I always love to quote Albert Einstein because nobody dares contradict him.

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

Studs Terkel quotes: I'm celebrated for celebrating the uncelebrated.

I'm celebrated for celebrating the uncelebrated.

Studs Terkel quotes: We hear the term independent contractors in Iraq. Independent contractors? Mercenaries!

We hear the term independent contractors in Iraq. Independent contractors? Mercenaries!

Studs Terkel quotes: Work is a search for daily meaning as well as for daily bread.

Work is a search for daily meaning
as well as for daily bread.

Studs Terkel quotes: I want people to talk to one another no matter what their difference of opinion might be.

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

Studs Terkel quotes: I was born in the year the Titanic sank. The Titanic went down, and I came up. That tells you a little about the fairness of life.

I was born in the year the Titanic sank. The Titanic went down, and I came up. That tells you a little about the fairness of life.

Studs Terkel quotes: My epitaph? My epitaph will be, 'Curiosity did not kill this cat.

My epitaph? My epitaph will be, 'Curiosity did not kill this cat.

Studs Terkel quotes: I'd want the human voice expressing grievances, or delight, or whatever it might be. But something real

I'd want the human voice expressing grievances, or delight, or whatever it might be. But something real

Studs Terkel quotes: An agnostic is a cowardly atheist.

An agnostic is a cowardly atheist.

Studs Terkel quotes: So people are ready. I feel hopeful in that sense.

So people are ready. I feel hopeful in that sense.

Studs Terkel quotes: I hope for peace and sanity - it's the same thing.

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

Studs Terkel quotes: I'm not an optimist. I'm hopeful.

I'm not an optimist. I'm hopeful.

Studs Terkel quotes: Chicago is not the most corrupt American city. It's the most theatrically corrupt.

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

Studs Terkel quotes: I hope that memory is valued - that we do not lose memory.

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

Studs Terkel quotes: Don't be an examiner, be the interested inquirer.

Don't be an examiner, be the interested inquirer.

Studs Terkel quotes: Work is born in us. We take to it kindly or unkindly. The terms may be easy or harsh, but the contract is binding.

Work is born in us. We take to it kindly or unkindly. The terms may be easy or harsh, but the contract is binding.