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How we come into this world, how we are ushered in, met, and hopefully embraced upon arrival, impacts the whole of our time on earth.

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Alice Walker
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: February 9
Actor
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It is justice and respect that I want the world to dust off and put - without delay, and with tenderness - back on the head of the Palestinian child. It will be imperfect justice and respect because the injustice and disrespect have been so severe. But I believe we are right to try.
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I feel very happy to be living in Berkeley because there are a lot of people who are politically active here.
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Many people are aware that we are in peril and that there is no trustworthy leadership.
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How anyone cannot see that Nature is God is amazing to me: that they'd rather worship something that can only exist, really, in their own minds.
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People are called 'stars' not only because they shine... because the qualities they exemplify are... eternal. We are attracted to their sparkle, their warmth, their light, but they will be forever distant from us. So distant we can never quite believe our inseparability. Never quite believe that we are also composed of the light they have.
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HELPED are those whose ever act is a prayer for harmony in the Universe, for they are the restorers of balance to our planet. To them will be given the insight that every good act done anywhere in the cosmos welcomes the life of an animal or a child.
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When life descends into the pit I must become my own candle Willingly burning my self To light up the darkness around me.
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I'm sure we, the American people, are the butt of jokes by those in power.
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But it ain't easy, trying to do without God even if you know he ain't there, trying to do without him is a strain
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Helped are those who create anything at all, for they shall relive the thrill of their own conception and realize a partnership in the creation of the Universe that keeps them responsible and cheerful.
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This could be our revolution: to love what is plentiful as much as what's scarce.
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I realized I was a country person - I'm just not used to small spaces.
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'Thank you' is the best prayer that anyone could say.
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I think America has always been polarized... It's a racist country and it has always been.
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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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Healing cannot be done by settling a score.
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I don't know if you actually get something out of writing poetry. I think poetry is an autonomous muse that decides to come and sit on your couch.
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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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Animals can communicate quite well. And they do. And generally speaking, they are ignored
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Artists are messengers whose responsibility is to unite the world -- a faith that will lead not to destruction but to transformation.
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