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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. ↗

— Studs Terkel

#despair #easiest #easiest thing #good #hope

George Washington understood that the Bible is the place where God's records of right and wrong are kept. ↗

— Randall Terry

#george #george washington #god #kept #place

Nonetheless, do I have respect for people who believe in the hereafter? Of course I do. I might add, perhaps even a touch of envy too, because of the solace. ↗

— Studs Terkel

#because #believe #course #envy #even

Religion obviously played a role in this book and the previous book, too. ↗

— Studs Terkel

#obviously #played #previous #religion #role

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

Baseball must be a great game to survive the fools who run it. ↗

— Bill Terry

#fools #game #great #must #run

I still say if the ball is there to be won I will go for it, whether with my head or whatever, and if it means us scoring or stopping a goal, I won't think twice. ↗

— John Terry

#go #go for it #goal #head #i

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

If my duty does involve heralding His law in every arena, then the Church in America is failing radically today. ↗

— Randall Terry

#arena #church #does #duty #every