Black people Quotes by Alice Walker

8 Black people quotes by Alice Walker

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Alice Walker brings a concise yet resonant voice to the experience of Black people. In these eight lines she distills complex histories and personal truths into moments that feel both intimate and universal, making a brief but meaningful read.

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I'm very disappointed in Barack Obama. I was very much in support of him in the beginning, but I cannot support war.…

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In my work and in myself I reflect black people, women and men, as I reflect others. One day even the most…

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We're going to have to debunk the myth that Africa is a heaven for black people -- especially black women. We've been…

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The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black people were…

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I come from somewhere and from specific black people in the South, including my parents, who built our first school, and rebuilt…

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“They tried to explain to the missionaries that it was they who put Adam and Eve out of the village because they…

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There are those who believe Black people possess the secret of joy and that it is this that will sustain them through…

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I know black people love the idea that we finally have a beautiful, good-looking black president. But if he is doing awful…

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I gave my archive to Emory University because there's a really dear friend who teaches there, Rudolph Byrd, and he's the editor.

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Just be what it is that you are, and that is just fine. You don't have to be what you're not in any way.…

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“Remember this-- say it & know it is true: Alice loves me Alice loves me and I am not blamed for this. ... she…

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“Only the sky above us do we hold in common.”

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“Why aren't you happy in America, if everyone there drives motorcars?”

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“She saw poetry where other writers merely saw failure to cope with English.”

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My mother had handed down respect for the possibilities...and the will to grasp them.

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Helped are those who are content to be themselves; they will never lack mystery in their lives and the joys of self-discovery will be…

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“As others might prepare for an exam whose subject matter is unknown to them, so I must study, cram, for every conversation with my…

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The original crime of niggers and lesbians is that they prefer themselves.

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My mother was very strong. Once, she picked up a coconut and smashed it against my father's head. It taught me about women defending…

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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…

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The good news may be that Nature is phasing out the white man, but the bad news is that's who She thinks we all…

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Humans - whatever billions we are - we don't have the control. We are considered expendable, basically.

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All my life I had to fight. I had to fight my daddy. I had to fight my uncles. I had to fight my…

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