The original crime of niggers and lesbians is that they prefer themselves.
ALICE WALKERRevolt is the mirror in which greed is forced to see itself.
More Alice Walker Quotes
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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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I’m one in what I do and what I say and what I believe.
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Whenever I have knocked, a door has opened. Wherever I have wandered, a path has appeared. I have been helped, supported, encouraged and nurtured by people of all races, creeds, colors and dreams.
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To me, the black black woman is our essential mother, the blacker she is the more us she is and to see the hatred that is turned on her is enough to make me despair, almost entirely, of our future as a people.
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Revolt is the mirror in which greed is forced to see itself.
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Expecting anything, living frugally in surprise.
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I think the foundation of everything in my life is wonder.
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I try to teach my heart not to want things it cant have.
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People will say to you, “Oh, you are fearless.” That is so not true. We should stop saying that about people. It’s a slander, really.
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Poetry is the lifeblood of rebellion, revolution, and the raising of consciousness.
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Expect nothing. Live frugally on surprise.
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Activism pays the rent on being alive and being here on the planet.
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Hard times require furious dancing. Each of us is proof.
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We writers – we’re the snowflakes of the literary world. We each have our own shape.
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My parents taught me service – not by saying, but by doing. That was my culture, the culture of my family.
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