"we are the ones we have been waiting for"

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Source : Alice Walker (2013). “The World Has Changed: Conversations with Alice Walker”, p.342, The New Press

Alice Walker

#Confidence Quotes #Waiting Quotes #African American Quotes

“Scarcely anything that I observed in the United States caused me so much sorrow as the contemptuous estimate of the people entertained by those who were bowing the knee to be permitted to serve them.”
“I would rather be adorned by beauty of character than jewels. Jewels are the gift of fortune, while character comes from within.”
“I don't see myself as Johnny Football.”
“Larry Walker paved the way for guys like me.”
“It sometimes takes days, even weeks, before a dog's nerves tire. In the case of terriers it can run into months.”
“You don't have to be stupid to be a Christian, ... but it probably helps.”
“It doesnâ€™t matter if you use a box camera or a Leica, the important thing is what motivates you when you are photographing. What I have tried to do is involve the people I was photographing. To have them realize without saying so, that it was up to them to give me whatever they wanted to give me . . . if they were willing to give, I was willing to photograph.”
“Survival's the thing, isn't it?”

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