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Be an outcast. Be pleased to walk alone.

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Alice Walker
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: February 9
Actor
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Civil Rights Advocate
Climate Activist
Educator
Essayist
Film Producer
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Alice Malsenior Walker
Alice Walker Leventhal
Alice Malsenior Tallulah-Kate Walker
Alone
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Many people are aware that we are in peril and that there is no trustworthy leadership.
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Helped are those who are content to be themselves they will never lack mystery in their lives and the joys of self-discovery will be constant.
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Be compassionate to everyone. Don't just search for whatever it is that annoys and frightens you-see beyond those things to the basic human being. Especially see the child in the man or woman. Even if they are destroying you, allow a moment to see how lost in their own delusion and suffering they are.
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Peace will come wherever it is sincerely invited.
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Whenever I have knocked, a door has opened. Wherever I have wandered, a path has appeared. I have been helped, supported, encouraged and nurtured by people of all races, creeds, colors and dreams.
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What a burden to think one is conceived in sin rather than in pleasure that one is born into evil rather than into joy.
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Us sing and dance, make faces and give flower bouquets, trying to be loved. You ever notice that trees do everything to git attention we do, except walk?
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I think the foundation of everything in my life is wonder.
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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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before I embark on any new venture, I ask myself: will the joy of doing this make me lose track of any concern for time? If the answer is yes, I proceed!
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