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Studs Terkel quotes

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 hope because what's the alternative to hope? Despair? If you have despair, you might as well put your head in the oven.

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

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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 facts, providing they have the information.

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

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

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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 for something, but there is no leadership to offer it to them. People are ready to say, 'Yes, we are part of a world.'

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