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Writing saved me from the sin and inconvenience of violence - as it saves most writers who live in 'interesting' oppressive times and are not afflicted by personal immunity.

Alice Walker

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Alice Walker
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: February 9
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Curiosity is my natural state and has led me headlong into every worthwhile experience (never mind the others) I have ever had.
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We have elders who [are] misguided and wallowing around in troughs of money with the wrong sort. They're not really good elders for the youth to emulate. The youth rightly don't like them.
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You don't need organized religion to connect with the universe. Often a church is the only place you can go to find peace and quiet... But it shouldn't be confused with connecting with one's spirit.
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Abortion is an act of self-defense.
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But it ain't easy, trying to do without God even if you know he ain't there, trying to do without him is a strain
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HELPED are those whose every act is a prayer for peace on them depends the future of the world.
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People are called 'stars' not only because they shine... because the qualities they exemplify are... eternal. We are attracted to their sparkle, their warmth, their light, but they will be forever distant from us. So distant we can never quite believe our inseparability. Never quite believe that we are also composed of the light they have.
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I try to teach my heart not to want things it cant have.
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Humans - whatever billions we are - we don't have the control. We are considered expendable, basically.
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I know what I'm thinking bout, I think. Nothing. And as much of it as I can.
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If you're silent for a long time, people just arrive in your mind.
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If you want to have a life that is worth living, a life that expresses your deepest feelings and emotions, and cares and dreams, you have to fight for it.
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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 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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It's so clear that you have to cherish everyone.
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I was distressed that after 9/11, when the United States was attacked by terrorists, the United States' response was to attack Afghanistan, where some of the terrorists had been.
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I think we have to own the fears that we have of each other, and then, in some practical way, some daily way, figure out how to see people differently than the way we were brought up to.
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Drew Dellinger is a deep and courageous poet. How lucky we are!
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Human beings may well be unable to break free of the dictatorship of greed that spreads like a miasma over the world, but no longer will we be an inarticulate and ignorant humanity, confused by our enslavement to superior cruelty and weaponry.
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Be nobody's darling Be an outcast. Take the contradictions Of your life And wrap around You like a shawl, To parry stones To keep you warm.
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