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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Its so clear that you have to cherish everyone. I think thats what I get from these older black women, that every soul is to be cherished, that every flower Is to bloom. – Alice Walker

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Women
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Thank you is the best prayer that anyone could say. I say that one a lot. Thank you expresses extreme gratitude, humility, understanding. – Alice Walker

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When I was little, my mom tells me, I used to say things like, Mom do you hear the string section? Do you hear the string section? And she would look at me and say, No honey, I dont know what youre talking about. – Tori Amos

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mom

I had ridiculous amounts of energy. Moms like, youre driving me crazy – do you want to try gymnastics? From the moment I started it, I loved it and it kind of was like storybook from there. – Alicia Sacramone

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My moms a secret Rastafarian. – Jenna Bush

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mom

My parents are wonderful, and Im really lucky – but my mom has always been almost exclusively a right-brained person. – Brandon Boyd

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As an artist I come to sing, but as a citizen, I will always speak for peace, and no one can silence me in this. – Paul Robeson

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I never expected to see the day when girls would get sunburned in the places they do now. – Will Rogers

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Twelve highlanders and a bagpipe make a rebellion. – Scottish Proverb

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If you want to know the taste of a pear, you must change the pear by eating it yourself. If you want to know the theory and methods of revolution, you must take part in revolution. All genuine knowledge originates in direct experience. – Mao Zedong

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