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Always with me was the inner twin: my true nature, my true self. It is timeless, free, compassionate and in love with whatever is natural to me

Alice Walker

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Alice Walker
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: February 9
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I just like to have words that describe things correctly. Now to me, 'black feminist' does not do that. I need a word that is organic, that really comes out of the culture, that really expresses the spirit that we see in black women. And it's just... womanish.
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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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All partisan movements add to the fullness of our understanding of society as a whole. They never detract or, in any case, one must not allow them to do so. Experience adds to experience.
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The nature of this flower is to bloom.
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Dear God...I have always been a good girl. Maybe you can give me a sign letting me know what is happening to me.
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My ancestors make up the skin of the world. That's who that is. That's what that is. That's us.
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My God is not a religious God. My God is nature, my God is everything there is. That's God. Everything is God. I'm a child of that.
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Howard Zinn was magical as a teacher. Witty, irreverent, and wise, he loved what he was teaching and clearly wanted his students to love it, also.
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Love is big love can hold anger, love can even hold hatred. It's about the intention of what you want it to do.
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In order to be able to live at all in America I must be unafraid to live anywhere in it, and I must be able to live in the fashion and with whom I choose.
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it is this broken road with pitfalls and sharp turns and unexpected traverses that has brought me joy and adventure.
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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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The infinite faith I have in people's ability to understand anything that makes sense has always been justified, finally, by their behavior.
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I am not convinced that men and women were ever meant to share the same house, though some people can do it beautifully.
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Be an outcast. Be pleased to walk alone.
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The world is changing. It is no longer a world just for boys and men
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