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Thats why I wrote this book: to show how these people can imbue us

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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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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Faith
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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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Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint. – Mark Twain

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Lets face it, in America today we dont have a health care system, we have a sick care system. – Tom Harkin

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I suspect the psychological pressure associated with that crisis caused the first mental blackout I had ever suffered. It contributed to a deterioration in my health that later required the insertion of a heart pacemaker. – Kamisese Mara

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Each State has its own health insurance mandates, and some of them are good, but there are about 1,800 of them all across the Nation, including provisions for acupuncturists, massage therapists, and hair replacements. – Timothy Murphy

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