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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.' ↗

— Studs Terkel

#democratic #each #hear #i #i think

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. ↗

— Studs Terkel

#activist #could #democratic #democratic society #does

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

'Tis strange what a man may do, and a woman yet think him an angel. ↗

— William Makepeace Thackeray

#him #man #may #strange #think

I had a little teddy bear called Gordon the gopher. I took him to bed with me, he'd come to school with me cos he was my favourite. ↗

— John Terry

#bed #called #come #cos #favourite

Some of the money from the senior players goes to helping out the younger kids. It is from the players' pool, the fines for being late and so on. Some will go to something like the tsunami appeal and some to helping out young players. ↗

— John Terry

#being #fines #go #goes #helping

Once you depart from the Ten Commandments as being the foundation of right and wrong, you are in a free fall. ↗

— Randall Terry

#commandments #depart #fall #foundation #free

Behaviors are a choice. Feelings are sometimes out of our control. Behavior has to do with choices. ↗

— Randall Terry

#behaviors #choice #choices #control #feelings

The usual complaint is, 'I have no other way of earning a living.' The harsh reply can be, 'Do you have to live?' ↗

— Tertullian

#earning #harsh #i #live #living

Homosexuals reject the process of healing because it's too painful and time-consuming. ↗

— Randall Terry

#healing #homosexuals #painful #process #reject