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Be nobody's darling Be an outcast. Take the contradictions Of your life And wrap around You like a shawl, To parry stones To keep you warm.

Alice Walker

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Alice Walker
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: February 9
Actor
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Civil Rights Advocate
Climate Activist
Educator
Essayist
Film Producer
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Poet
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Alice Malsenior Walker
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Alice Malsenior Tallulah-Kate Walker
Take
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Darling
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Contradiction
Warm
Parry
Stones
Shawl
Nobody
Outcast
Keep
Wrap
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Contradictions

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