Quote by Studs Terkel
Ive always felt, in all my books, that theres a deep decency in th

Ive always felt, in all my books, that theres a deep decency in the American people and a native intelligence – providing they have the facts, providing they have the information. – Studs Terkel

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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

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Health
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Thats 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. Its like a tonic. – Studs Terkel

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Something was still there, that something that distinguishes an artist from a performer: the revealing of self. Here I be. Not for long, but here I be. In sensing her mortality, we sensed our own. – Studs Terkel

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As a former attorney general. I have the greatest respect for the criminal justice system. But it is not good at intelligence gathering. – Kelly Ayotte

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Where the stakes are the highest, in the war on terror, we cannot possibly succeed without extraordinary international cooperation. Effective international police actions require the highest degree of intelligence sharing, planning and collaborative enforcement. – Barack Obama

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In the clashes between ignorance and intelligence, ignorance is generally the aggressor. – Paul Harris

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For 13 to be unlucky would require there to be some kind of cosmic intelligence that counts things that humans count and that also makes certain things happen on certain dates or in certain places according to whether the number 13 is involved or not (whatever is involved might mean). – Douglas Hofstadter

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I exercise every morning. I do light weights – 5lb and 10lb arm exercises – and then lie and lift my arms and legs. Its all about keeping core strength. I do a lot of stretching too. – Larry Hagman

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