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.
ALICE WALKERYou’re not here just to be a clone. You’re not here to be a copy. We have enough of those. You don’t have to apply. You don’t even have to go there to be absolutely yourself – real, here, now, on this planet.
More Alice Walker Quotes
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Abortion is an act of self-defense.
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Poetry is the lifeblood of rebellion, revolution, and the raising of consciousness.
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It matters to me that I feel loved by the universe – and I do.
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Whenever you are creating beauty around you, you are restoring your own soul.
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Progress’ affects few. Only revolution can affect many.
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I’m pore, I’m black, I may be ugly and can’t cook, a voice say to everything listening. But I’m here.
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Men make war to get attention. All killing is an expression of self-hate.
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Well, I think indigenous peoples have ways of living on the Earth that they’ve had forever. And they’ve been overrun by organized religion, which has had a lot of money and power.
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You can’t truly have an open heart until it’s been broken.
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Whoever you are, whatever you are, start with that, whether salt of the earth or only white sugar.
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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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Creation is a sustained period of bliss.
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I can be almost terminally grief-stricken because things are so dire, but at the same, there’s a real lightheartednes s about just the recoverability of life, of how things change, how they’re not the same, ever again.
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It no longer bothers me that I may be constantly searching for father figures; by this time, I have found several and dearly enjoyed knowing them all.
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You’re not here just to be a clone. You’re not here to be a copy. We have enough of those. You don’t have to apply. You don’t even have to go there to be absolutely yourself – real, here, now, on this planet.
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