"The nature of this flower is to bloom."

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Source : "The Girl God". Book by Alice Walker, 2012.

Alice Walker

“I think that when you're playing someone who does really questionable or even really terrible things in a movie, it's important to show where that person is coming from. They're doing it from a necessary impulse. There is a struggle that's going on within them as a human.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Love and gratitude can part seas... It can move mountains and it can create miracles. The power of love and gratitude will dissolve all negativity in our lives no matter what the form has taken.”
“According to new research emerging from many quarters that our continued devotion to growth above all is, on balance, making our lives worse, both collectively and individually”
“I'd say I was a tomboy... I took wood chop in high school and I was very into volleyball and football, and [was] very unaware of anything girly for a long time.”
“I believe in universal health care. And I am not afraid to say so.”
“Twas the saying of an ancient sage that humour was the only test of gravity, and gravity of humour. For a subject which would not bear raillery was suspicious; and a jest which would not bear a serious examination was certainly false wit.”

Source : "Characteristics", Letter Concerning Enthusiasm, Part I. Sect. V, as quoted in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations, p. 673-74, 1922.
“Darling, the world doesn't owe you anything.”
“The gun issue is a big, unresolved issue in this country right now. I think it's out of control”

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