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Studs Terkel

"I want, of course, peace, grace, and beauty. How do you do that? You work for it."

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"I want, of course, peace, grace, and beauty. How do you do that? You work for it."

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"That most limited of all specialists, the "well-rounded man"."

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"The world system is employment."

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"A butler supplies food to nourish your body, but a writer nourishes your mind through writing."

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"Do not be weary to make money."

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"My favourite all-time work of fiction: Lord of the Rings. My favourite all-time nonfiction book: Guns, Germs, and Steel. Ask me again next week, you'll get a different answer."

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"Employers are at their happiest on Mondays. Employees are at their happiest on Fridays."

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"Work was intended not to give a man a reason to live, but rather to give him a means to live."

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"Be robust enough to work more than a robot!"

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"Being happy at work is possible for all of us, anytime & anywhere, with open eyes and a caring heart."

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"Back then, work revolved around life. Today, life revolves around work."

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"I thought, if ever there were a time to write a book about hope, it's now."
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"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 the world. We are an important people, the wealthiest, the most powerful and, to a great extent, generous. But we are part of the world."
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"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 have national health insurance. We are the richest in wealth and the poorest in health of all the industrial nations."
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"I want, of course, peace, grace, and beauty. How do you do that? You work for it."
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"I want people to talk to one another no matter what their difference of opinion might be."
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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 want to praise activists through the years. I praise those of the past as well, to have them honored."
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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."
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"I want a language that speaks the truth."
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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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