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For in the end, freedom is a personal and lonely battle and one faces down fears of today so that those of tomorrow might be engaged.

Alice Walker

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Alice Walker
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: February 9
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I know what I'm thinking bout, I think. Nothing. And as much of it as I can.
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