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2 years, 2 months ago

I had so many doubts about my work

I had so many doubts about my work. I’d think, Oh God, the doctor doesn’t see what I’m doing as important. I finally learned it didn’t matter what he thought. If I believed in what I was doing, I didn’t give a damn what the doctor thought of it. I began to see his own protective cover.

There’s a…

—p.645 Working Book Eight: Cradle to the Grave (626) by Studs Terkel
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2 years, 2 months ago

you are making something exist

I’ve done typing as a young girl. I’ve worked in places where the office was like a factory. A bell rang and that was time for a ten-minute coffee break. It was horrifying. Still, most people are better off—their sanity is maintained in anything that gives their life some structure. I disliked the …

—p.553 Book Seven: Reflections on Idleness and Retirement (552) by Studs Terkel
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2 years, 2 months ago

theoretically you’re a genius in selling project/rink-story

They hang up on me many times. A baseball player doesn’t bat more than .300. When he hangs up on me, I say, “Look, Kee, what did you do wrong with this guy? Theoretically you’re a genius in selling.” Then I’ll say to myself, “I did nothing wrong. I’m a genius. This guy’s a dumb son of a bitch.”

—p.527 Book Seven: In Charge (511) by Studs Terkel
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2 years, 2 months ago

I still like to skate

I still like to skate. One day last year on a cold, clear, crisp afternoon, I saw this huge sheet of ice in the street. Goddamn, if I didn’t drive out there and put on my skates. I took off my camel-hair coat. I was just in a suit jacket, on my skates. And I flew. Nobody was there. I was free as a …

—p.505 Book Seven: The Sporting Life (471) by Studs Terkel
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2 years, 2 months ago

a certain broadness of experience

It’s been a good life. Maybe I could have done better, have a better record or something like that. But I’ve really had very few regrets over the past twenty years. I can enjoy some of the arts that I had shut myself off from as a kid. Perhaps that is my only regret. The passion for the game was so…

—p.505 Book Seven: The Sporting Life (471) by Studs Terkel