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You don't need organized religion to connect with the universe. Often a church is the only place you can go to find peace and quiet... But it shouldn't be confused with connecting with one's spirit.

Alice Walker

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Alice Walker
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: February 9
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I continue to care for President Obama and for his family. I think that in many ways they are very courageous people, and I honor that, because I know what it means to live as a black person in a racist America.
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We are a people. A people do not throw their geniuses away. If they do, it is our duty as witnesses for the future to collect them again for the sake of our children. If necessary, bone by bone.
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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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People who work hard often work too hard. ... May we learn to honor the hammock, the siesta, the nap and the pause in all its forms.
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What you hope for, you also fear.
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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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We must, I believe, start teaching our children the sanity of nonviolence much earlier.
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I'm one in what I do and what I say and what I believe.
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I find it difficult to feel responsible for the suffering of others. That's why I find war so hard to bear. It's the same with animals: I feel the less harm I do, the lighter my heart. I love a light heart. And when I know I'm causing suffering, I feel the heaviness of it. It's a physical pain. So it's self-interest that I don't want to cause harm.
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Fiction is such a world of freedom, it's wonderful. If you want someone to fly, they can fly.
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That is scary, when you consider what we're doing to children all over the planet. They're the ones who are truly being terrorized by all the madness adults are perpetrating.
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Nature has created us with the capacity to know God, to experience God.
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Writing about people helps us to understand them, and understanding them helps us to accept them as part of ourselves.
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My life is not to be somebody else's impact - you know what I mean?
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