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After all, how can a society flourish, a country attain democracy and health, children grow into intelligent beings, sensitive to the needs of an ever more fragile and endangered planet, if half it's people are kept out of the driver's seat?

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Alice Walker
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: February 9
Actor
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We should learn to accept that change is truly the only thing that's going on always, and learn to ride with it and enjoy it.
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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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