"You got to fight them, Celie, she say. I can't do it for you. You got to fight them for yourself. I don't say nothing. I think bout Nettie, dead. She fight, she run away. What good it do? I don't fight, I stay where I'm told. But I'm alive."

-- Alice Walker

#Running Quotes #Fighting Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“The easiest person to deceive is one's self.”
“All your ideas may be solid or even good .. But you have to Actually EXECUTE on them for them to matter.”
“Everyone thinks I'm Jewish. I'm not. Last year I got a call: "Happy Hanukkah." I said "Ma, I'm not Jewish.”

Source : "In the swirl of 'The View,' a stabilizing force" by Joanna Weiss, archive.boston.com. April 20, 2008.
“The truth is, people go to shows because they want a show. They want showbiz. When people talk about a show they saw it's not because they heard a song, it's because they were excited and geared up about the show.”
“I think Godâ€™s hope and plan for us is pretty simple to figure out. For those who resonate with formulas, here it is: add your whole life, your loves, your passions, and your interests together with what God said He wants us to be about, and thatâ€™s your answer.”
“I'm always pursuing knowledge; I'm a seeker of spiritual equilibrium - and music is a big part of that.”
“Having children is life-changing, to state the obvious. It's a gigantic shift in your life and I welcomed it.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I worked very hard, but I think it's unfair to make it all sound like it's all David's fault.”

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