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It's essential that we understand that taking care of the planet will be done as we take care of ourselves. You know that you can't really make much of a difference in things until you change yourself.

Alice Walker

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Alice Walker
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: February 9
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I'm the most stubborn person I know.
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We're going to have to debunk the myth that Africa is a heaven for black people -- especially black women. We've been the mule of the world there and the mule of the world here.
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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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It no longer bothers me that I may be constantly searching for father figures by this time, I have found several and dearly enjoyed knowing them all.
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I grew up in the South [USA states] under segregation. I know what terrorism feels like - when your father could be taken out in the middle of the night and lynched just because he didn't look like he was in an obeying frame of mind when a white person said something he must do. That's terrorism, too.
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Guided by my heritage of a love of beauty and a respect for strength - in search of my mother's garden, I found my own.
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Curiosity is my natural state and has led me headlong into every worthwhile experience (never mind the others) I have ever had.
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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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This life soon be over, I say. Heaven last all ways.
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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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Books became my world because the world I was in was very hard.
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Wherever I have knocked, a door has opened. Wherever I have wandered, a path has appeared.
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The most important question in the world is, 'Why is the child crying?'
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One white man on the platform in South Carolina asked us where we were going--we had got off the train to get some fresh air and to dust the grit and dust out of our clothes. When we said Africa he looked offended and tickled too. Niggers going to Africa, he said to his wife. Now I have seen everything.
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