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# Studs Terkel

(1912–2008)   Journalist   United States

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Studs Terkel was a journalist from the United States, best known for *Hard times: an oral history of the great depression*.

## Quick Facts About Studs Terkel

Born May 16, 1912

Died October 31, 2008

Nationality United States

Profession Journalist

Notable works Hard times: an oral history of the great depression

## About Studs Terkel

He is best remembered for his oral histories that captured everyday Americans’ stories, and he hosted a long‑running radio show in Chicago that featured interviews and cultural discussions. His work earned him the 1985 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction for the book The Good War.

## Awards & Honors

Thomas Merton Award National Book Award Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction Peabody Awards George Polk Award National Humanities Medal Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award Hugh M. Hefner First Amendment Award

Show 6 more awards Paul Robeson Award Q16995068 Four Freedoms Award – Freedom of Speech Eugene V. Debs Award Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award Order of Lincoln

##  Quotes by Studs Terkel · Page 3

> [“The poor are so busy trying to survive from one day to the next, they haven’t the time or energy to keep…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/the-poor-are-so-busy-trying-to-survive-from-one-day-to-the-next-they/)

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> [“What I remember most of those times is that poverty creates desperation, and desperation creates violence.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/what-i-remember-most-of-those-times-is-that-poverty-creates/)

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[Desperation](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/desperation/)

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> [Chicago is not the most corrupt American city. It's the most theatrically corrupt.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/chicago-is-not-the-most-corrupt-american-city-it-s-the-most/)

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[Chicago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/chicago/)

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> [Work is born in us. We take to it kindly or unkindly. The terms may be easy or harsh, but the contract…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/work-is-born-in-us-we-take-to-it-kindly-or-unkindly-the-terms-may-be/)

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> [Once you wake up the human animal, you can't put it back to sleep again.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/once-you-wake-up-the-human-animal-you-can-t-put-it-back-to-sleep-again/)

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> [But once you become active in something, something happens to you. You get excited and suddenly you realize you count.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/but-once-you-become-active-in-something-something-happens-to-you-you/)

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> [Never go to bed with someone whose problems are greater than yours.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/never-go-to-bed-with-someone-whose-problems-are-greater-than-yours/)

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> [Cannot Hannah Arendt's 'banality of evil' be subject to transposition: the evil of banality?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/cannot-hannah-arendt-s-banality-of-evil-be-subject-to-transposition/)

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[Banality](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/banality/)

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> [“God, grant me serenity to accept those things I can't change, the courage to change those I can, and the wisdom to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/god-grant-me-serenity-to-accept-those-things-i-can-t-change-the/)

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> [I said, "Suppose communists come out against cancer, do we have to automatically come out for cancer?'" I can't take back that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/i-said-suppose-communists-come-out-against-cancer-do-we-have-to/)

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[Cancer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cancer/)

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> [I'm called an oral historian, which is something of a joke. Oral history was here long before the pen, long before Gutenberg…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/i-m-called-an-oral-historian-which-is-something-of-a-joke-oral/)

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> [I think it's realistic to have hope. One can be a perverse idealist and say the easiest thing: 'I despair. The world's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/i-think-it-s-realistic-to-have-hope-one-can-be-a-perverse-idealist/)

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[Despair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/despair/)

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> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/that-s-what-we-re-missing-we-re-missing-argument-we-re-missing-debate/)

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> [I find labels "liberal" and "conservative" of little meaning. Our language has become perverted along with the thoughts of many of us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/i-find-labels-liberal-and-conservative-of-little-meaning-our-language/)

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> [When you become part of something, in some way you count. It could be a march; it could be a rally, even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/when-you-become-part-of-something-in-some-way-you-count-it-could-be-a/)

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> [“We forgot what happened yesterday. We know all about Paris Hilton. We know about that. But what do we know about why…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/we-forgot-what-happened-yesterday-we-know-all-about-paris-hilton-we/)

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> [“You should have seen the things they were giving babies instead of milk. I remember seeing them put salt-pork gravy in milk…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/you-should-have-seen-the-things-they-were-giving-babies-instead-of/)

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> [Having been blacklisted from working in television during the McCarthy era, I know the harm of government using private corporations to intrude…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/having-been-blacklisted-from-working-in-television-during-the/)

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> [“Who knows Bob’s name in this outfit—let alone his lame child’s? (“The last place I worked for, I was let go,” recalls…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/who-knows-bob-s-name-in-this-outfit-let-alone-his-lame-child-s-the/)

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> [“When I get kind of low, I’d think about a verse I learned at one time, when everybody was fighting me. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/when-i-get-kind-of-low-i-d-think-about-a-verse-i-learned-at-one-time/)

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> [“What's it like to be that goofy little soldier, scared stiff, with his bayonet aimed at Christ? What's it like to have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/what-s-it-like-to-be-that-goofy-little-soldier-scared-stiff-with-his/)

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> [“The white American is not innately racist. I sense innate docility. He will follow the law if the leadership tells him to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/the-white-american-is-not-innately-racist-i-sense-innate-docility-he/)

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> [When I was asked: "Will shame do it?" Meaning: Will welfare people be shamed into getting respectable work? And I said that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/when-i-was-asked-will-shame-do-it-meaning-will-welfare-people-be/)

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> [Most of us, like the assembly line worker, have jobs that are too small for our spirit. Jobs are not big enough…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/most-of-us-like-the-assembly-line-worker-have-jobs-that-are-too-small/)

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> [I thought, if ever there were a time to write a book about hope, it's now.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/i-thought-if-ever-there-were-a-time-to-write-a-book-about-hope-it-s/)

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> [I am paraphrasing Einstein. I love to do that: nobody dares contradict me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/i-am-paraphrasing-einstein-i-love-to-do-that-nobody-dares-contradict/)

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> [When it comes to the news, the corporate view is 'objective,' all else is propaganda.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/when-it-comes-to-the-news-the-corporate-view-is-objective-all-else-is/)

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> [Curiosity never killed this cat’ — that’s what I’d like as my epitaph](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/curiosity-never-killed-this-cat-that-s-what-i-d-like-as-my-epitaph/)

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> [I have a big mouth, and I never met a petition I didn't like, so of course in the McCarthy days I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/i-have-a-big-mouth-and-i-never-met-a-petition-i-didn-t-like-so-of/)

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> [Ordinary' is a word I loathe. It has a patronizing air. I have come across ordinary people who have done extraordinary things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/ordinary-is-a-word-i-loathe-it-has-a-patronizing-air-i-have-come/)

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> [Someone who does an act. In a democratic society, you're supposed to be an activist; that is, you participate. It could be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/someone-who-does-an-act-in-a-democratic-society-you-re-supposed-to-be/)

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> [I cannot even picture myself retiring. What would I do? I'll always be doing something, asking somebody questions, even if there weren't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/i-cannot-even-picture-myself-retiring-what-would-i-do-i-ll-always-be/)

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> [“This I remember. Some people put this out of their minds and forget it. I don’t. I don’t want to forget it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/this-i-remember-some-people-put-this-out-of-their-minds-and-forget-it/)

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> [How come you don't work fourteen hours a day? Your great-great-grandparents did. How come you only work the eight-hour day? Four guys…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/how-come-you-don-t-work-fourteen-hours-a-day-your-great-great/)

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> [“The whole program of unemployment insurance, Social Security, was a confession of the failure of our whole social order. And confession of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/the-whole-program-of-unemployment-insurance-social-security-was-a/)

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> [My doctors were of one mind: unless something was immediately done, I had maybe six months to live. A quintuple bypass was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/my-doctors-were-of-one-mind-unless-something-was-immediately-done-i/)

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> [I read somewhere that when a person takes part in community action, his health improves. Something happens to him or to her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/i-read-somewhere-that-when-a-person-takes-part-in-community-action/)

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> [If we're to have a future in the 21st century, we'll want to be able to say, "Now what was the 20th…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/if-we-re-to-have-a-future-in-the-21st-century-we-ll-want-to-be-able/)

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> [Nonetheless, do I have respect for people who believe in the hereafter? Of course I do. I might add, perhaps even a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/nonetheless-do-i-have-respect-for-people-who-believe-in-the-hereafter/)

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> [We are living in the United States of Alzheimer's. A whole country has lost its memory. When it can't remember yesterday, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/we-are-living-in-the-united-states-of-alzheimer-s-a-whole-country-has/)

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## Studs Terkel by topic

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