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… my mother adorned with flowers whatever shabby house we were forced to live in.

Alice Walker

Activism pays the rent on being alive and being here on the planet.
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Alive Peace Ubuntu
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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Hair Understanding Wisdom
Wherever I have knocked, a door has opened. Wherever I have wandered, a path has appeared.
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Door Gratitude Path
I think the foundation of everything in my life is wonder.
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Foundation Thinking Wonder
Just because I don’t harass it like some peoples us know don’t mean I ain’t got religion.
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Knows Mean Religion
I try to teach my heart not to want things it cant have.
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Heart Literature Trying
Abortion is an act of self-defense.
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Abortion Defense Self
Men make war to get attention. All killing is an expression of self-hate.
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Expression Hate Men War
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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Hatred Mother People
I’m one in what I do and what I say and what I believe.
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Believe One Say
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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Faith Humanity Pessimist
It matters to me that I feel loved by the universe – and I do.
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Feel Matter Universe
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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Fearless People Think
America is not nearly done. We’re only in the beginning. Who knows who we will be? Who knows… what color we will be? It is all something that, maybe, our descendants – if they survive that long – will see.
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Color Country Long People
Hard times require furious dancing. Each of us is proof.
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Dancing Hard Proof Times
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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Dream Inspirational Love

… my mother adorned with flowers whatever shabby house we were forced to live in.

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… my mother adorned with flowers whatever shabby house we were forced to live in.

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