Studs Terkel Quotes

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.

Studs Terkel

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: journalist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: May 16, 1912 - October 31, 2008

Topics

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The point I'm trying to make is that you go to church on Sunday. But the real Christ is out there in your life every day, whether it be the guy you help on the street, how you live your life, and your countenance that makes people want to be you.

Jim Caviezel

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There was a real conflation of hero and victim in the wake of 9/11, in our perverse desire to create a triumphant myth out of pure tragedy.

Jess Walter

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In essence, I set myself the objective of doing what I feel is right without having any ambition.

Andrea Bocelli

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Among the children of God, it was they who were most able to rightly divide the word of truth.

John Nelson Darby

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I was a coach, and I put a lot of education and experience into coaching.

John Madden

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That is a good book which is opened with expectation, and closed with delight and profit.

Amos Bronson Alcott

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So many amongst us live in the past rather than loving the present and building a brilliant future. Some people stay stuck for years over something they did or a failure they've experienced. Sad. A life is a terrible thing to waste.

Robin S. Sharma

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When I need the idea, I can find it immediately. I have a horror of rewriting or deleting; the parts of my composition are carried in my head 'till I can write them down, even to the last note. Then I do not alter a jot.

Ruggero Leoncavallo

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If people are going to judge me without fully understanding the content of my character, then their opinion just isn't worth it.

Jazz Jennings

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It is my goal to learn as much about the people I'm surrounded by. I am slowly widening who I am close with, and at the same time, growing further away from others.

Josh Schwartz

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My secret? A desire to work, years of dedication and loving what you do; I can't live without music.

Compay Segundo

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I'd never really been in a series, where you see a man at different points and perspectives in his life. Usually it's a film, where I'm playing a character who just comes in and offers something up.

Ciaran Hinds

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