I am not interested in being a role model, or in fulfilling the expectations of others. I know I am of most use to others and to myself by being this unique self: Nature, I have noticed, is not particularly devoted to copies, and human beings needn't be either.

Alice Walker

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No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your... by Alice Walker

No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.

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'Thank you' is the best prayer that anyone could say. I say that one a lot. Thank you expresses extreme gratitude, humility, understanding.

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Look closely at the present you are constructing: it should look... by Alice Walker

Look closely at the present you are constructing: it should look like the future you are dreaming.

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There is no graceful way to carry hatred. by Alice Walker

There is no graceful way to carry hatred.

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The most common way people give up their power is by thinking the... by Alice Walker

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any.

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Whenever you are creating beauty around you, you are restoring yo... by Alice Walker

Whenever you are creating beauty around you, you are restoring your own soul.

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To acknowledge our ancestors means we are aware that we did not make ourselves, that the line stretches all the way back, perhaps to God; or to Gods. We remember them because it is an easy thing to forget: that we are not the first to suffer, rebel, fight, love and die. The grace with which we embrace life, in spite of the pain, the sorrow, is always a measure of what has gone before.

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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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A writer's heart, a poet's heart, an artist's heart, a musician's heart is always breaking. It is through that broken window that we see the world.

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I don’t need a certain number of friends, just a number of friend... by Alice Walker

I don’t need a certain number of friends, just a number of friends I can be certain of.

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The most important question in the world is, 'Why is the child cr... by Alice Walker

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

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I have fallen in love with the imagination. And if you fall in love with the imagination, you understand that it is a free spirit. It will go anywhere, and it can do anything.

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Activism is the rent I pay for living on this planet. by Alice Walker

Activism is the rent I pay for living on this planet.

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Writing about people helps us to understand them, and understanding them helps us to accept them as part of ourselves.

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Womanist is to feminist as purple is to lavender. by Alice Walker

Womanist is to feminist as purple is to lavender.

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People who work hard often work too hard. ... May we learn to honor the hammock, the siesta, the nap and the pause in all its forms.

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Every small positive change we make in ourselves repays us in con... by Alice Walker

Every small positive change we make in ourselves repays us in confidence in the future.

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What the mind doesn't understand, it worships or fears. by Alice Walker

What the mind doesn't understand, it worships or fears.

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It's essential that we understand that taking care of the planet will be done as we take care of ourselves. You know that you can't really make much of a difference in things until you change yourself.

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Nobody is as powerful as we make them out to be. by Alice Walker

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

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