858 Quotes by Alice Walker


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    I start each book when it's ready and never before.

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    I think the War on Terror is really absurd, especially coming from a country that is founded on terrorism.

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    I think all documentaries leave out areas of people's lives. Which is good. There are areas that need not be explored.

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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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    At Sarah Lawrence, I realized that everybody was already what they were going to be. The painters were painting, the writers writing, the dancers dancing. And nobody wore any makeup. The art was uppermost.

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    Ignorance, arrogance, and racism have bloomed as Superior Knowledge in all too many universities.

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    I think that all people who feel that there is injustice in the world anywhere should learn as much of it as they can bear. That is our duty.

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