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Writing poems is my way of celebrating with the world that I have not committed suicide the evening before.

Alice Walker

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Alice Walker
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: February 9
Actor
Author
Civil Rights Advocate
Climate Activist
Educator
Essayist
Film Producer
Novelist
Poet
Screenwriter
Eatonton
Georgia
Alice Malsenior Walker
Alice Walker Leventhal
Alice Malsenior Tallulah-Kate Walker
Suicide
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World
Celebrating
Poems
Celebrate
Evening

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My great-great-great-grandmother walked as a slave from Virginia to Eatonton, Georgia... It is in memory of this walk that I chose to keep and to embrace my maiden name, Walker.
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You seem so clear about who you are. So certain that you are just right as you are, that for all your intelligence and maybe in spite of it, you never seem to need a second opinion.
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For me, writing has always come out of living a fairly to-the-bone kind of life, just really being present to a lot of life. The writing has been really a byproduct of that.
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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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Helped are those too busy living to respond when they are wrongfully attacked: on their walks they shall find mysteries so intriguing as to distract them from every blow.
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Politically, the world is so confused right now - there's so much suffering caused by various movements by various parties and people in power in government.
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I'm one in what I do and what I say and what I believe.
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Even now, I find that no matter what has happened, I still have that trust. I have a lot of trust, that people can be better than they are.
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HELPED are those who love all the colors of all the human beings, as they love all the colors of the animals and plants none of their children, nor any of their ancestors, nor any parts of themselves, shall be hidden from them.
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War will stop when we no longer praise it, or give it any attention at all. Peace will come wherever it is sincerely invited.
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I think the War on Terror is really absurd, especially coming from a country that is founded on terrorism.
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The good news may be that Nature is phasing out the white man, but the bad news is that's who She thinks we all are.
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I am not interested in being a role model, or in fulfilling the expectations of others. I know I am of most use to others and to myself by being this unique self: Nature, I have noticed, is not particularly devoted to copies, and human beings needn't be either.
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I try to teach my heart not to want things it cant have.
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Criticism is painful when it's not done with love.
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I write not only what I want to read...I write all the things I should have been able to read.
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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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I think America has always been polarized... It's a racist country and it has always been.
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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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Ignorance, arrogance, and racism have bloomed as Superior Knowledge in all too many universities.
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