That's 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. It's Like A Tonic. - SearchQuotes

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That's 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. It's like a tonic.

Studs Terkel

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