Quote by Alice Walker
How simple a thing it seems to me that to know ourselves as we are

How simple a thing it seems to me that to know ourselves as we are, we must know our mothers names. – Alice Walker

Other quotes by Alice Walker

I think writing really helps you heal yourself. I think if you write long enough, you will be a healthy person. That is, if you write what you need to write, as opposed to what will make money, or what will make fame. – Alice Walker

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Money
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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 self-protective ones will look into the mirror I provide and not be afraid. – Alice Walker

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Women
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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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Happiness
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Other Quotes from
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Im an immigrant kid who came to America from India when I was very young and grew up in New York City with a single mom and really was influenced by all of those immigrant cultures bumping up against each other. – Padma Lakshmi

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mom

Miami Beach – thats where I grew up, in a middle-class Jewish family led by my maternal grandfather. Me, my great-grandmother – a Holocaust survivor, who was my roommate – my grandparents, my mom and her brother all shared a four-bedroom house. – Brett Ratner

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My sisters and mom raised me to respect women and open doors for them. – Milo Ventimiglia

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mom

Of all the roles Ive played, none has been as fulfilling as being a mother. – Annette Funicello

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mom

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Day, n. A period of twenty-four hours, mostly misspent. – Ambrose Bierce

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What is the opposite of two? A lonely me, a lonely you. – Richard Wilbur

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Broken Hearts

There is an urgent need for Americans to look deeply into themselves and their actions, and musical poetry is perhaps the most effective mirror available. Every newspaper headline is a potential song. – Phil Ochs

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Politics is like football if you see daylight, go through the hole. – John F. Kennedy

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