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.
ALICE WALKER… my mother adorned with flowers whatever shabby house we were forced to live in.
More Alice Walker Quotes
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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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… my mother adorned with flowers whatever shabby house we were forced to live in.
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One thing that never ceases to amaze me, along with the growth of vegetation from the earth and of hair from the head, is the growth of understanding.
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Activism pays the rent on being alive and being here on the planet.
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It matters to me that I feel loved by the universe – and I do.
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Hard times require furious dancing. Each of us is proof.
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Revolt is the mirror in which greed is forced to see itself.
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Men make war to get attention. All killing is an expression of self-hate.
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Wherever I have knocked, a door has opened. Wherever I have wandered, a path has appeared.
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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 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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The earth is wise. It has given itself into the keeping of all, and all are therefore accountable.
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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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Expecting anything, living frugally in surprise.
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We writers – we’re the snowflakes of the literary world. We each have our own shape.
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