I read somewhere that when a person takes part in community action, his health improves. Something happens to him or to her biologically. It's like a tonic.
Most of us have jobs that are too small for our spirits. - Studs Terkel
Most of us have jobs that are too small for our spirits.
- Studs Terkel
Ordinary people are capable of doing extraordinary things, and that's what it's all about. They must count. - Studs Terkel
Ordinary people are capable of doing extraordinary things, and that's what it's all about. They must count.
More and more we are into communications; and less and less into communication. - Studs Terkel
More and more we are into communications; and less and less into communication.
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 make it better. … - 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 make it better. …
I want people to talk to one another no matter what their difference of opinion might be. - Studs Terkel
I want people to talk to one another no matter what their difference of opinion might be.
Think of what's stored in an 80- or a 90-year-old mind. Just marvel at it. You've got to get out this information, this knowledge, because you've got… - Studs Terkel
Think of what's stored in an 80- or a 90-year-old mind. Just marvel at it. You've got to get out this information, this knowledge, because you've got…
If there is knowledge, it lies in the fusion of the book and the street. - Studs Terkel
If there is knowledge, it lies in the fusion of the book and the street.
My epitaph? My epitaph will be, 'Curiosity did not kill this cat'. - Studs Terkel
My epitaph? My epitaph will be, 'Curiosity did not kill this cat'.
We are living in the United States of Alzheimer's. A whole country has lost its memory. When it can't remember yesterday, a country forgets what it o… - Studs Terkel
We are living in the United States of Alzheimer's. A whole country has lost its memory. When it can't remember yesterday, a country forgets what it o…
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