Quote by Alice Walker
Im sure we, the American people, are the butt of jokes by those in

Im sure we, the American people, are the butt of jokes by those in power. – Alice Walker

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All partisan movements add to the fullness of our understanding of society as a whole. They never detract or, in any case, one must not allow them to do so. Experience adds to experience. – Alice Walker

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Experience
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My mother was very strong. Once, she picked up a coconut and smashed it against my fathers head. It taught me about women defending themselves and not collapsing in a heap. – 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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Also, as I lay there thinking of my vision, I could see it all again and feel the meaning with a part of me like a strange power glowing in my body but when the part of me that talks would try to make words for the meaning, it would be like fog and get away from me. – Black Elk

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power

Technology gives us power, but it does not and cannot tell us how to use that power. Thanks to technology, we can instantly communicate across the world, but it still doesnt help us know what to say. – Jonathan Sacks

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power

Unlimited power corrupts the possessor. – William Pitt

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power

Power is action the electoral principle is discussion. No political action is possible when discussion is permanently established. – Honore de Balzac

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power

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From politics, it was an easy step to silence. – Jane Austen

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Movies are my religion and God is my patron. Im lucky enough to be in the position where I dont make movies to pay for my pool. When I make a movie, I want it to be everything to me like I would die for it. – Quentin Tarantino

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Not a single time have we gotten a right from Congress or from the President. We get them from God. – Glenn Beck

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That which we obtain too easily, we esteem too lightly. – Thomas Paine

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