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People Quotes by Studs Terkel
- Heroes are not giant statues framed against a red sky. They are people who say: This is my community, and it is my responsibility to…
- People are hungry for stories. It's part of our very being.
- Nonetheless, do I have respect for people who believe in the hereafter? Of course I do. I might add, perhaps even a touch of envy…
- I presumably lost $150,000 in the depression of 1937—on my one stock investment—because I did everything Lehman Brothers told me. I said, well, this is…
- Perhaps it is this specter that most haunts working men and women: the planned obsolescence of people that is of a piece with the planned…
- 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…
- One day I visited a guy who had made a fortune as a broker. He was sitting in his office with his computer. I hire…
- If solace is any sort of succor to someone, that is sufficient. I believe in the faith of people, whatever faith they may have.
- I want people to talk to one another no matter what their difference of opinion might be.
- Ordinary' is a word I loathe. It has a patronizing air. I have come across ordinary people who have done extraordinary things.
- With optimism, you look upon the sunny side of things. People say, 'Studs, you're an optimist.' I never said I was an optimist. I have…
- 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…
- People are hungry for stories. It's part of our very being. Storytelling is a form of history, of immortality too. It goes from one generation…
- What I bring to the interview is respect. The person recognizes that you respect them because you're listening. Because you're listening, they feel good about…
- People are ready to say, 'Yes, we are ready for single-payer health insurance.' We are the only industrialized country in the world that does not…
- So people are ready. I feel hopeful in that sense.
- That's why I wrote this book: to show how these people can imbue us with hope. I read somewhere that when a person takes part…
- We are the most powerful nation in the world, but we're not the only nation in the world. We are not the only people in…
More People Quotes
- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
- Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake… — Hannah Arendt
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the air now… — Alexis Arguello
- I work with really hard-working people who are really good at what they do. — J. J. Abrams
- As far as we are concerned, we are ready to leave today, tomorrow, at any time, to join the people of Haiti,… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- I know how the American people care for that democratic principle. They want to see their vote respected. As we in Haiti… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle