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Peace will come wherever it is sincerely invited.

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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Alice Malsenior Tallulah-Kate Walker
Sincerely
Invited
Wherever
Peace
Come

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no person is your friend (or kin) who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow and be perceived as fully blossomed as you were intended. Or who belittles in any fashion the gifts you labor so to bring into the world.
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The quietly pacifist peaceful always die to make room for men who shout.
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