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Activism is the rent I pay for living on this planet.

Alice Walker

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Alice Walker
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: February 9
Actor
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Alice Malsenior Walker
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Alice Malsenior Tallulah-Kate Walker
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My mother was very strong. Once, she picked up a coconut and smashed it against my father's head. It taught me about women defending themselves and not collapsing in a heap.
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Never be the only one, except, possibly, in your own home.
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we are the ones we have been waiting for
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