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Studs Terkel

"I want a language that speaks the truth."

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"I want a language that speaks the truth."

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"Young people are caught up in whatever appears to be the most bizarre. They look for truth and settle for folly. False religions and the occult are clever in reaching seekers who want to experience a rush of any kind."

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"What then in the last resort are the truths of mankind? They are the irrefutable errors of mankind."

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"There are Christians who have never really learned the biblical truth of separation: separation from unclean thoughts and unclean habits."

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"Integrity means that we are trustworthy and dependable, and our character is above reproach."

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"Sometimes I feel so helpless and inadequate, and wonder if I have done enough to make the Gospel clear. But I also know that only the Holy Spirit can open others' eyes to the truth."

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"Telling lies is a really terrible thing. These days, lies and silence are the two greatest sins in human society you might say. In reality, we tell lots of lies, and we often break into silence. However, if we were constant;y talking year-round, and telling only the truth truth would probably lose some of its value."

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"Both my parents had a great influence on me. I never heard my father use a profane or even a slang word. I always respected him because of his complete integrity. In his business dealings his handshake was like a contract. He was as good as his word. Of all the people I have ever known, my mother had the greatest influence on me."

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"Today our world is mad in its obsession with pleasure, sex, and money. Its ear is too dull to hear the truth. Most men's eyes are blind. They do not want to see. They do not want to hear. They hurry to their doom."

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Amber Hurdle

"Pain reaches the heart with electrical speed, but truth moves to the heart as slowly as a glacier."

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"The truth sticks in our throats with all the sauces it is served with: it will never go down until we take it without any sauce at all."

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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 a brief one. You're part of something, and you suddenly realize you count. To count is very important."
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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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"Chicago is not the most corrupt American city. It's the most theatrically corrupt."
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"I want to praise activists through the years. I praise those of the past as well, to have them honored."
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"We use the word 'hope' perhaps more often than any other word in the vocabulary: 'I hope it's a nice day.' 'Hopefully, you're doing well.' 'So how are things going along? Pretty good. Going to be good tomorrow? Hope so.'"
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"I hope for peace and sanity - it's the same thing."
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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 a letter written to an editor."
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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 no good.' That's a perverse idealist. It's practical to hope, because the hope is for us to survive as a human species. That's very realistic."
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"All the other books ask, 'What's it like?' What was World War II like for the young kid at Normandy, or what is work like for a woman having a job for the first time in her life? What's it like to be black or white?"
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"You happen to be talking to an agnostic. You know what an agnostic is? A cowardly atheist."
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