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Alice Walker Quotes

A good model of how to ‘work with the enemy’ internally is presented by the Dalai Lama, in his endless caretaking of his soul as he confronts the Chinese government that invaded Tibet Picture Quote #1

She say, Celie, tell the truth, have you ever found God in church? I never did. I just found a bunch of folks hoping for him to show Picture Quote #1

I just think cities are unnatural, basically. I know there are people who live happily in them, and I have cities that I love, too. But it’s a disaster that we have moved so far from nature Picture Quote #1

One of the triumphs of the Civil Rights Movement is that when you travel through the South today, you do not feel overwhelmed by a residue of grievance and hate Picture Quote #1

I made my first white women friends in college; they loved me and were loyal to our friendship, but I understood, as they did, that they were white women and that whiteness mattered Picture Quote #1

I met Howard Zinn in 1961, my first year at Spelman College in Atlanta. He was the tall, rangy, good-looking professor that many of the girls at Spelman swooned over Picture Quote #1

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I think ‘The Color Purple’ is so bursting with love, the need for connection, the showing of the need for connection around the globe Picture Quote #1

Many readers fail to realize this, but ‘The Color Purple’ is a theological text. It is about the reclamation of one’s original God: the earth and nature Picture Quote #1

I don’t focus on criticism. I prefer to praise people and the world, rather than criticize them and it Picture Quote #1

Find yourself a cup of tea; the teapot is behind you. Now tell me about hundreds of things. Saki Tea to the English is really a picnic indoors Picture Quote #1

I gave my archive to Emory University because there’s a really dear friend who teaches there, Rudolph Byrd, and he’s the editor Picture Quote #1

Dear God...I have always been a good girl. Maybe you can give me a sign letting me know what is happening to me Picture Quote #1

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If you want to have a life that is worth living, a life that expresses your deepest feelings and emotions and cares and dreams, you have to fight for it Picture Quote #1

The Congo is really beautiful. People correct me and say, Oh, you mean the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Well, fine. But, the land there, the landscape is extraordinary. It’s big lakes and beautiful hills and trees Picture Quote #1

Part of what confuses people in times of upheaval is that you’re getting so many different points of view and directions and so and so, how to do this and do that. And a lot of it is written in a language that honestly most people cannot understand Picture Quote #1

You cannot see the changes that you’re dreaming about, because they’re internal Picture Quote #1

When I joined the freedom movement in Mississippi in my early 20s, it was to come to the aid of sharecroppers, like my parents, who had been thrown off the land they’d always known - the plantations - because they attempted to exercise their ‘democratic’ right to vote Picture Quote #1

I understood at a very early age that in nature, I felt everything I should feel in church but never did. Walking in the woods, I felt in touch with the universe and with the spirit of the universe Picture Quote #1

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I advocate that every woman be a part of a circle, and a circle that meets at least once a month, or if you can’t do that, once every two months or every four months Picture Quote #1

Most damage that others do us is out of fear, humiliation and pain. Those feelings occur in all of us, not just in those of us who profess a certain religious or racial devotion Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I grew up in the South under segregation. So, I know what terrorism feels like - when your father could be taken out in the middle of the night and lynched just because he didn’t look like he was in an obeying frame of mind when a white person said something he must do. I mean, that’s terrorism, too Picture Quote #1

Freedom, after all, is like love: the more you give to others, the more you have Picture Quote #1

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A people do not throw their geniuses away. And if they are thrown away, it is our duty as artists and as witnesses for the future to collect them again for the sake of our children and, if necessary, bone by bone Picture Quote #1

As far as a glass ceiling, I feel that all you can do is give it your absolute best with whatever gifts the universe has given you. And if you make it in some way that other people can recognize, that’s fine. But even if you don’t quote-unquote make it, you’re fine if you’ve given it your whole heart and soul Picture Quote #1

I used to meditate all the time in bed. That was when I was raising my daughter, and I’d get her up and off to school, and then I would go back to bed and meditate. And then I would do the same in the evening, and that was very good for that period because I had so many things to juggle as a single mother Picture Quote #1

Eventually I knew what hair wanted; it wanted to be itself ... to be left alone by anyone, including me, who did not love it as it was Picture Quote #1

People have so many hang-ups about how other people live their lives. People always want to keep you in a little box, or they need to label you and fix you in time and location Picture Quote #1

Don’t wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you get, you’ve got to make yourself Picture Quote #1

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A good model of how to ‘work with the enemy’ internally is presented by the Dalai Lama, in his endless caretaking of his soul as he confronts the Chinese government that invaded Tibet. (Alice Walker Quotes) She say, Celie, tell the truth, have you ever found God in church? I never did. I just found a bunch of folks hoping for him to show. (Alice Walker Quotes) I just think cities are unnatural, basically. I know there are people who live happily in them, and I have cities that I love, too. But it’s a disaster that we have moved so far from nature. (Alice Walker Quotes) One of the triumphs of the Civil Rights Movement is that when you travel through the South today, you do not feel overwhelmed by a residue of grievance and hate. (Alice Walker Quotes) I made my first white women friends in college; they loved me and were loyal to our friendship, but I understood, as they did, that they were white women and that whiteness mattered. (Alice Walker Quotes) I met Howard Zinn in 1961, my first year at Spelman College in Atlanta. He was the tall, rangy, good-looking professor that many of the girls at Spelman swooned over. (Alice Walker Quotes) I think ‘The Color Purple’ is so bursting with love, the need for connection, the showing of the need for connection around the globe. (Alice Walker Quotes) Many readers fail to realize this, but ‘The Color Purple’ is a theological text. It is about the reclamation of one’s original God: the earth and nature. (Alice Walker Quotes) I don’t focus on criticism. I prefer to praise people and the world, rather than criticize them and it. (Alice Walker Quotes) Find yourself a cup of tea; the teapot is behind you. Now tell me about hundreds of things. Saki Tea to the English is really a picnic indoors. (Alice Walker Quotes) I gave my archive to Emory University because there’s a really dear friend who teaches there, Rudolph Byrd, and he’s the editor. (Alice Walker Quotes) Dear God...I have always been a good girl. Maybe you can give me a sign letting me know what is happening to me. (Alice Walker Quotes) If you want to have a life that is worth living, a life that expresses your deepest feelings and emotions and cares and dreams, you have to fight for it. (Alice Walker Quotes) The Congo is really beautiful. People correct me and say, Oh, you mean the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Well, fine. But, the land there, the landscape is extraordinary. It’s big lakes and beautiful hills and trees. (Alice Walker Quotes) Part of what confuses people in times of upheaval is that you’re getting so many different points of view and directions and so and so, how to do this and do that. And a lot of it is written in a language that honestly most people cannot understand. (Alice Walker Quotes) You cannot see the changes that you’re dreaming about, because they’re internal (Alice Walker Quotes) When I joined the freedom movement in Mississippi in my early 20s, it was to come to the aid of sharecroppers, like my parents, who had been thrown off the land they’d always known - the plantations - because they attempted to exercise their ‘democratic’ right to vote. (Alice Walker Quotes) I understood at a very early age that in nature, I felt everything I should feel in church but never did. Walking in the woods, I felt in touch with the universe and with the spirit of the universe. (Alice Walker Quotes) I advocate that every woman be a part of a circle, and a circle that meets at least once a month, or if you can’t do that, once every two months or every four months. (Alice Walker Quotes) Most damage that others do us is out of fear, humiliation and pain. Those feelings occur in all of us, not just in those of us who profess a certain religious or racial devotion. (Alice Walker Quotes) 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. (Alice Walker Quotes) 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 Quotes) I grew up in the South under segregation. So, I know what terrorism feels like - when your father could be taken out in the middle of the night and lynched just because he didn’t look like he was in an obeying frame of mind when a white person said something he must do. I mean, that’s terrorism, too. (Alice Walker Quotes) Freedom, after all, is like love: the more you give to others, the more you have (Alice Walker Quotes) A people do not throw their geniuses away. And if they are thrown away, it is our duty as artists and as witnesses for the future to collect them again for the sake of our children and, if necessary, bone by bone. (Alice Walker Quotes) As far as a glass ceiling, I feel that all you can do is give it your absolute best with whatever gifts the universe has given you. And if you make it in some way that other people can recognize, that’s fine. But even if you don’t quote-unquote make it, you’re fine if you’ve given it your whole heart and soul. (Alice Walker Quotes) I used to meditate all the time in bed. That was when I was raising my daughter, and I’d get her up and off to school, and then I would go back to bed and meditate. And then I would do the same in the evening, and that was very good for that period because I had so many things to juggle as a single mother. (Alice Walker Quotes) Eventually I knew what hair wanted; it wanted to be itself ... to be left alone by anyone, including me, who did not love it as it was. (Alice Walker Quotes) People have so many hang-ups about how other people live their lives. People always want to keep you in a little box, or they need to label you and fix you in time and location. (Alice Walker Quotes) Don’t wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you get, you’ve got to make yourself. (Alice Walker Quotes)

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