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You really can't be a good artist if you can't say what you really feel. And people may be offended, but, you know, that's how you feel, and that is your right, and that is your gift as well.

Alice Walker

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Alice Walker
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: February 9
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It's so important to unclutter the mind. For me, creativity is greatly impeded just by the chatter and visual clutter of life. It's really important to have a space that is really clear for whatever is emerging to come.
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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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If art doesn't make us better, then what on earth is it for.
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But if by some miracle and all our struggle, the earth is spared, only justice to every living being will save humankind.
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HELPED are those who lose their fear of death theirs is the power to envision the future in a blade of grass.
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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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My heart hurt so much I can't believe it. How can it keep beating, feeling like this?
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I'm for women choosing whatever they want to do but they have to really know what they are doing.
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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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This could be our revolution: to love what is plentiful as much as what's scarce.
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I have a lot of faith in us. I have a lot of faith in humanity. It's based, though, on my own life I've come too far to be a pessimist.
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I think if I could not get myself off my cushion, off my couch, or away from whatever I'm eating - or drinking or partying or whatever - if I couldn't get away from that, I would have a heavy heart.
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The Congo is really beautiful. People correct me and say, Oh, you mean the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Well, fine. But, the land there, the landscape is extraordinary. It's big lakes and beautiful hills and trees.
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Laughter isn't even the other side of tears. It is tears turned inside out. Truly the suffering is great, here on earth. We blunder along, shredded by our mistakes, bludgeoned by our faults. Not having a clue where the dark path leads us. But on the whole, we stumble along bravely, don't you think?
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The quietly pacifist peaceful always die to make room for men who shout.
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The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any.
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The world is changing. It is no longer a world just for boys and men
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I'm not being disrespectful of the medium it's just not as important as the work that I actually do [books].
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I really think admiration for nature can save us. I mean true admiration, to the point of not letting it be harmed.
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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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