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How simple a thing it seems to me that to know ourselves as we are, we must know our mothers names.
Alice Walker
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Alice Walker
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: February 9
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Resist the temptation to think what afflicts you is peculiar to you. Have faith that what is in your consciousness can be communicated to the consciousness of all. And is, in many cases, already there.
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I am not lesbian, I am not bisexual, I am not straight. I am just curious
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The forest is the first cathedral. I felt that from the time I was a child. I credit my mother with that. I used to think it came from her Native-American side. Whichever it was, she instinctively connected with nature, and taught me that.
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Any God I ever found in church, I brought in myself.
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During my years of being close to people engaged in changing the world I have seen fear turn into courage. Sorrow into joy. Funerals into celebration. Because whatever the consequences, people, standing side by side, have expressed who they really are, and that ultimately they believe in the love of the world and each other enough to be that.
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I think that indigenous women's wisdom is crucial. So much of the care of the Earth has come from the mothers. I think it's imperative we turn to their wisdom in how to take care of the planet.
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Animals were not made for us, or our use. They have their own use, which is just being who they are.
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She thought of how precious it was to be able to know another person over many years. There was incomparable richness in it.
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Time moves slowly, but passes quickly.
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I'm mad about the waste that happens when people who love each other can't even bring themselves to talk.
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I want something else a different system entirely. One not seen on this earth for thousands of years. If ever. Democratic Womanism. Notice how this word has man right in the middle of it? That's one reason I like it. He is right there, front and center. But he is surrounded. I want to vote and work for a way of life that honors the feminine.
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Well, capitalism is a big problem, because with capitalism you're just going to keep buying and selling things until there's nothing else to buy and sell, which means gobbling up the planet.
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We have elders who [are] misguided and wallowing around in troughs of money with the wrong sort. They're not really good elders for the youth to emulate. The youth rightly don't like them.
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The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any.
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My big complaint with myself is that I get tired. But, I forgive myself because it's human to get tired. But, I didn't always feel like I could forgive myself. There's a certain [drive], I think. But, now I feel like, OK, you can be tired. People should let you be tired. Then you should go and take a nap, and you should sleep. That's about it.
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We are a people. A people do not throw their geniuses away. If they do, it is our duty as witnesses for the future to collect them again for the sake of our children. If necessary, bone by bone.
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Surely the earth can be saved by all the people who insist on love.
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The only way to solace anyone who loved you in life is to be a good memory
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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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It is natural to want to have a future.
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