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- “You happen to be talking to an agnostic. You know what an agnostic is? A cowardly atheist.”Studs Terkel
- “With optimism, you look upon the sunny side of things. People say, 'Studs, you're an optimist.' I never said…”Studs Terkel
Explore Despair
- “But hope, I can tell you, is an exhausting emotion; perhaps, along with fear, the most exhausting of all. It…”Sam Taylor
- “You play the hand you’re dealt. You play it without false hope or despair, without comparing other people’s h…”Lindsey O'Connor
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Explore Hope
- “To be happy, find the happiness inside you; there is no better thing that you can do.”Debasish Mridha
- “Love and peace are not just words, they are a way of life. And in an honest living, love will always conquer.”Ahmad Ardalan
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Books by Studs Terkel
Hard times
1970
"The Good War"
1984
Race
1992
Good War an Oral History of World War 2
1986
Talking to Myself
1977