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The experience of God, or in any case the possibility of experiencing God, is innate.

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 do not wish to appear foolish to avoid the appearance of foolishness, they are willing to remain actually fools.
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Sexuality is one of the ways that we become enlightened, actually, because it leads us to self-knowledge.
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Humans - whatever billions we are - we don't have the control. We are considered expendable, basically.
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I just like to have words that describe things correctly. Now to me, 'black feminist' does not do that. I need a word that is organic, that really comes out of the culture, that really expresses the spirit that we see in black women. And it's just... womanish.
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People tend to think that life really does progress for everyone eventually, that people progress, but actually only some people progress. The rest of the people don't.
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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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The Animals of the planet are in desperate peril and they are fully aware of this. No less than human beings are doing in all parts of the world, they are seeking sanctuary.
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As I get older, I realize that the thing I value the most is good-heartednes s.
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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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The protection of evil must be the most self-destructive job.
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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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My great-great-great-grandmother walked as a slave from Virginia to Eatonton, Georgia... It is in memory of this walk that I chose to keep and to embrace my maiden name, Walker.
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Not everyone's life is what they make it. Some people's life is what other people make it.
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Be an outcast. Be pleased to walk alone.
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I have fallen in love with the imagination. And if you fall in love with the imagination, you understand that it is a free spirit. It will go anywhere, and it can do anything.
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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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I have fought and kicked and fasted and prayed and cursed and cried myself to the point of existing.
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It is healthier, in any case, to write for the adults one's children will become than for the children one's 'mature' critics often are.
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My activism really is for myself, because I see places in the world where I feel I should be. If there is something really bad, really evil, happening somewhere, then that is where I should be. I need, for myself, to feel that I have stood there. It feels a lot better than just watching it on television.
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