Hope has never trickled down. It has always sprung up.

Studs Terkel

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Topic

Hope Political progress Politics

Author

Studs Terkel

Source

Hope Dies Last

Genre

Historical literature

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

2003 2000s 21st century

Occupation

Historian Writer

From

United States

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Citation

Terkel, Studs. Hope Dies Last: Keeping the Faith in Difficult Times. New Press, 2003.

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1946 1940s 20th century
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Original Citation

Orwell, George. "Politics and the English Language." Horizon, Apr. 1946, vol. 13, issue 76, pp. 252-265.

Current Citation

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Life always gets harder toward the summit-the cold increases, responsibility increases.

Friedrich Nietzsche

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Author

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Genre
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Statement Type
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Language
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Time
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