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Deliver me from writers who say the way they live doesnt matter. I

Deliver me from writers who say the way they live doesnt matter. Im not sure a bad person can write a good book, If art doesnt make us better, then what on earth is it for. – Alice Walker

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As long as the Earth can make a spring every year, I can. As long as the Earth can flower and produce nurturing fruit, I can, because Im the Earth. I wont give up until the Earth gives up. – Alice Walker

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Earth
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The infinite faith I have in peoples ability to understand anything that makes sense has always been justified, finally, by their behavior. – Alice Walker

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Faith
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Dont wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you get youve got to make yourself. – Alice Walker

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What can be more foolish than to think that all this rare fabric of heaven and earth could come by chance, when all the skill of art is not able to make an oyster! – Anatole France

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The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can, and keep moving on. – Ulysses S. Grant

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Many say an art dealer running a museum is a conflict of interest. But maybe the art world has lived an artificial or unintentional lie all of these years when it comes to conflicts of interest. – Jerry Saltz

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Its an art to live with pain… mix the light into gray. – Eddie Vedder

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