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The infinite faith I have in people's ability to understand anything that makes sense has always been justified, finally, by their behavior.
Alice Walker
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Alice Walker
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: February 9
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Alice Malsenior Walker
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Alice Malsenior Tallulah-Kate Walker
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People are called 'stars' not only because they shine... because the qualities they exemplify are... eternal. We are attracted to their sparkle, their warmth, their light, but they will be forever distant from us. So distant we can never quite believe our inseparability. Never quite believe that we are also composed of the light they have.
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I always have felt that elders are really important. I think it's because, in my little Southern black culture, elders really were respected. Everybody listened to them. They may not have agreed - that's a whole different story - but they would totally listen and consider what the elder had to say.
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Like I said...fine with me.
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I don't require myself or anyone to go beyond what they feel they can do. I just do suggest - for their own eventual happiness - that they go as far as they can. They can usually go much further than they think.
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I think America has always been polarized... It's a racist country and it has always been.
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The earth is wise. It has given itself into the keeping of all, and all are therefore accountable.
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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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Honestly, that is the most important thing to me: Can I continue to live up to my own expectations of myself - and not fall back into slacking?
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What did it mean for a black woman to be an artist in our grandmothers' time? In our great-grandmothers' day? It is an answer cruel enough to stop the blood.
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Whoever you are, whatever you are, start with that, whether salt of the earth or only white sugar.
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As an elder of the Americas and of the rest of the planet, it is my responsibility to care for and protect, to the best of my ability, the young.
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Every soul is to be cherished, every flower is to bloom.
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I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it.
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I have a lot of faith in us. I have a lot of faith in humanity. It's based, though, on my own life I've come too far to be a pessimist.
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My parents taught me service - not by saying, but by doing. That was my culture, the culture of my family.
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In order to be able to live at all in America I must be unafraid to live anywhere in it, and I must be able to live in the fashion and with whom I choose.
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Not only will your teachers appear, but they will cook new foods for you.
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