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In each of us, there is a little voice that knows exactly which way to go. And I learned very early to listen to it, even though it has caused so much grief and havoc, and I think that is the only answer.
Alice Walker
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Alice Walker
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: February 9
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Anybody can observe the Sabbath, but making it holy surely takes the rest of the week.
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War is a dead end, literally. And, what is more, we simply can't afford it. Not morally, and not financially. How long will it take the citizens of the United States, one wonders, to recognize that the house their country bombed in Iraq is the same one they were living in until it was foreclosed?
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As you know from school, it's when you have not prepared for the test that you have the fear of failing. And if you have prepared, even if you fail, you've done your best.
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If she come, I be happy. If she don't, I be content.
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The experience of God, or in any case the possibility of experiencing God, is innate.
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