Quote by Studs Terkel
People are ready to say, Yes, we are ready for single-payer health

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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If solace is any sort of succor to someone, that is sufficient. I believe in the faith of people, whatever faith they may have. – Studs Terkel

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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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I think its realistic to have hope. One can be a perverse idealist and say the easiest thing: I despair. The worlds no good. Thats a perverse idealist. Its practical to hope, because the hope is for us to survive as a human species. Thats very realistic. – Studs Terkel

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Its never too late to take your heart health seriously and make it a priority. – Jennie Garth

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Life is not merely to be alive, but to be well. – Marcus Valerius Martial

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The part can never be well unless the whole is well. – Plato

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I think its horrible that people have to be told. Dont smoke! Everybody knows its bad for the health. But they have to forbid it. – Karl Lagerfeld

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