Quote by Studs Terkel
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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I want, of course, peace, grace, and beauty. How do you do that? You work for it. – 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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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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Health is the first muse, comprising the magical benefits of air, landscape, and bodily exercise on the mind. – Ralph Waldo Emerson, Letters and Social Aims, “Inspiration”

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The filth and noise of the crowded streets soon destroy the elasticity of health which belongs to the country boy. – Rutherford B. Hayes

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I believe in universal health care. And I am not afraid to say so. – Stephen Hawking

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Age does not depend upon years, but upon temperament and health. Some men are born old, and some never grow so. – Tryon Edwards

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