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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. ↗

— Studs Terkel

#does #health #health insurance #industrial #industrialized

That's why I wrote this book: to show how these people can imbue us with hope. 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. ↗

— Studs Terkel

#biologically #book #community #community action #happens

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. ↗

— Studs Terkel

#generous #great #great extent #important #important people

How long before we have, not just homosexual marriage, but homosexual unions between adult men and small boys? ↗

— Randall Terry

#before #between #homosexual #how #just

I didn't run off with the secretary. It made it seem like I had committed adultery and then ran off with a secretary, neither of which happened. ↗

— Randall Terry

#committed #had #happened #i #like

It's very easy to learn. And very difficult to master. ↗

— Sonny Terry

#easy #learn #master #very

I learned very early that an audience would relax and look at things differently if they felt they could laugh with you from time to time. There's an energy that comes through the release of tension that is laughter. ↗

— Twyla Tharp

#comes #could #differently #early #energy

There are probably more annoying things than being hectored about African development by a wealthy Irish rock star in a cowboy hat, but I can't think of one at the moment. ↗

— Paul Theroux

#african #annoying #being #cowboy #cowboy hat

Although I'm not fluent in sign language by a long way, I could have a fairly decent conversation. ↗

— Paul Theroux

#conversation #could #decent #fairly #fluent

When I write about my childhood I think, oh my God, how did I ever get from there to here? Not that any great thing has happened to me. But I felt so tiny, so lost. ↗

— Paul Theroux

#any #childhood #did #ever #felt