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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.

Alice Walker

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Alice Walker
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: February 9
Actor
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Civil Rights Advocate
Climate Activist
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Film Producer
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Alice Malsenior Walker
Alice Walker Leventhal
Alice Malsenior Tallulah-Kate Walker
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In our particular society, it is the narrowed and narrowing view of life that often wins.
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But I don't know how to fight. All I know how to do is stay alive.
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