"Nonetheless, do I have respect for people who believe in the hereafter? Of course I do. I might add, perhaps even a touch of envy too, because of the solace."
-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.“
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"Religion obviously played a role in this book and the previous book, too."
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"I hope for peace and sanity - it's the same thing."
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"I want, of course, peace, grace, and beauty. How do you do that? You work for it."
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"I'm not up on the Internet, but I hear that is a democratic possibility. People can connect with each other. I think people are ready for something, but there is no leadership to offer it to them. People are ready to say, 'Yes, we are part of a world.'"
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"I've always felt, in all my books, that there's a deep decency in the American people and a native intelligence - providing they have the facts, providing they have the information."
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