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It's so clear that you have to cherish everyone. I think that's what I get from these older black women, that every soul is to be cherished, that every flower Is to bloom.

~Alice Walker

Topics: Black Bloom Cherish Cherished Clear Every Everyone Flower Get Older Soul Think Women You I Think

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The most important question in the world is, 'Why is the child crying?'

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Topics: Child Crying Important Important Question Most Question The Most Important Why World

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The dropping of bombs on people - isn't that terrorism?

~Alice Walker

Topics: Bombs Dropping People Terrorism

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Nobody is as powerful as we make them out to be.

~Alice Walker

Topics: Make Nobody Out Powerful Them

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Life is better than death, I believe, if only because it is less boring, and because it has fresh peaches in it.

~Alice Walker

Topics: Because Believe Better Boring Death Fresh Less Life Only Peaches Than I Believe

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I don't call myself a Buddhist. I'm a free spirit. I believe I'm here on earth to admire and enjoy it; that's my religion.

~Alice Walker

Topics: Admire Believe Buddhist Call Earth Enjoy Free Free Spirit Here Myself Religion Spirit I Believe

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I wanted in my lifetime to vote for a radical Native American woman, since my vision of any future that we might have is that it will be led by women and older women.

~Alice Walker

Topics: American Any Future Led Lifetime Might Native Native American Older Older Women Radical Since Vision Vote Wanted Will Woman Women

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Part of our tradition as black women is that we are universalists. Black children, yellow children, red children, brown children, that is the black woman's normal, day-to-day relationship. In my family alone, we are about four different colors.

~Alice Walker

Topics: About Alone Black Brown Children Colors Day-To-Day Different Different Colors Family Four Normal Our Part Red Relationship Tradition Woman Women Yellow

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My mother had bought a sewing machine for me. When I went away to college, she gave me a sewing machine, a typewriter and a suitcase, and my mother made $17 a week working as a maid 12 hours a day, and she did that for me.

~Alice Walker

Topics: Away Bought College Day Did Gave Had Hours Machine Made Maid Me Mother Sewing She Suitcase Typewriter Week Working

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Tea to the English is really a picnic indoors.

~Alice Walker

Topics: English Indoors Picnic Really Tea

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: February 9th, 1944

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