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Life is just a short walk from the cradle to the grave - and it sure behooves us to be kind to one another along the way.
Alice Childress
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Alice Childress
Age: 77 †
Born: 1916
Born: October 12
Died: 1994
Died: August 14
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The good old days. The only good days are ahead.
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It's a poor kind of man that won't fight for his own freedom.
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The twisted circumstances under which we live is grist for the writing mill, the loving, hating and discovering, finding new handles for old pitchers . . .
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I am lonesome so regular it's like a job I gotta report to every day.
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Some feminists feel that a woman should never be wrong. We have a right to be wrong.
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I think women need kindness more than love. When one human being is kind to another, it's a very deep matter.
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Zis and zat' when uttered by the French is considered charming, but 'dis and dat' as an Africanism is ridiculed as gross and ugly.
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Like snowflakes, the human pattern is never cast twice.
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Who wants to live with one foot in hell just for the sake of nostalgia Our time is forever now.
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Some truth has no nourishment in it.
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Everybody's got some sin, but if it troubles your heart you're a gentle sinner, just a good soul gone wrong.
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A gift - be it a present, a kind word or a job done with care and love - explains itself!... and if receivin' it embarrasses you, it's because your 'thanks box' is warped.
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