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We are the most powerful nation in the world, but we're not the only nation in the world. We are not the only people in the world. We are an important people, the wealthiest, the most powerful and, to a great extent, generous. But we are part of the world.

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With optimism, you look upon the sunny side of things. People say, 'Studs, you're an optimist.' I never said I was an optimist. I have hope because what's the alternative to hope? Despair? If you have despair, you might as well put your head in the oven.

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I hope that memory is valued - that we do not lose memory.

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All the other books ask, 'What's it like?' What was World War II like for the young kid at Normandy, or what is work like for a woman having a job for the first time in her life? What's it like to be black or white?

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But once you become active in something, something happens to you. You get excited and suddenly you realize you count.

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I think it's realistic to have hope. One can be a perverse idealist and say the easiest thing: 'I despair. The world's no good.' That's a perverse idealist. It's practical to hope, because the hope is for us to survive as a human species. That's very realistic.

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I thought, if ever there were a time to write a book about hope, it's now.

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I want a language that speaks the truth.

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I want people to talk to one another no matter what their difference of opinion might be.

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I want to praise activists through the years. I praise those of the past as well, to have them honored.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Journalist

Born: May 16th, 1912

Died: October 31st, 2008

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