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Never be the only one, except, possibly, in your own home.

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Alice Walker
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: February 9
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Alice Malsenior Walker
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When people become elders - when they're older they can be old without being an elder, really. They [can] just be old and not very useful.
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Politically, the world is so confused right now - there's so much suffering caused by various movements by various parties and people in power in government.
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Abortion is an act of self-defense.
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I'm always amazed that people will actually choose to sit in front of the television and just be savaged by stuff that belittles their intelligence.
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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 must, I believe, start teaching our children the sanity of nonviolence much earlier.
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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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In our particular society, it is the narrowed and narrowing view of life that often wins.
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...have you ever found God in church? I never did. I just found a bunch of folks hoping for him to show. Any God I ever felt in church I brought in with me. And I think all the other folks did too. They come to church to share God, not find God.
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Helped are those too busy living to respond when they are wrongfully attacked: on their walks they shall find mysteries so intriguing as to distract them from every blow.
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I'm the most stubborn person I know.
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Poetry is the lifeblood of rebellion, revolution, and the raising of consciousness.
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In a way, no matter who's in charge of the corporation that the United States is, the direction in which it is taken seems to be inexorable. So, you just get the job of being the front man for four or eight years. Now, most people realize that's what you are.
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One thing that never ceases to amaze me, along with the growth of vegetation from the earth and of hair from the head, is the growth of understanding.
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I really think admiration for nature can save us. I mean true admiration, to the point of not letting it be harmed.
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My heart hurt so much I can't believe it. How can it keep beating, feeling like this?
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Everything wanna be loved. Us sing and dance, and holla just wanting to be loved.
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I'm where I need to be, so my heart is light. Whatever happens, I know - I mean, I feel - that this is absolutely where I should be and I've lived up to my own expectations.
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I think writing really helps you heal yourself. I think if you write long enough, you will be a healthy person. That is, if you write what you need to write, as opposed to what will make money, or what will make fame.
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Don't wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you get you've got to make yourself.
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