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America is America. It's a capitalist system. They [leaders] have enshrined that belief that profit matters more than anything else. The polarization of the society is just the resurfacing of that.

Alice Walker

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Alice Walker
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: February 9
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HELPED are those who love the entire cosmos rather than their own tiny country, city, or farm, for to them will be shown the unbroken web of life and the meaning of infinity.
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I always have felt that elders are really important. I think it's because, in my little Southern black culture, elders really were respected. Everybody listened to them. They may not have agreed - that's a whole different story - but they would totally listen and consider what the elder had to say.
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My mother was very strong. Once, she picked up a coconut and smashed it against my father's head. It taught me about women defending themselves and not collapsing in a heap.
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I'm the most stubborn person I know.
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The most important question in the world is, 'Why is the child crying?'
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Everything wanna be loved. Us sing and dance, and holla just wanting to be loved.
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I could never live happily in Africa-or anywhere else-until I could live freely in Mississippi.
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Humans - whatever billions we are - we don't have the control. We are considered expendable, basically.
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