I'm always amazed that people will actually choose to sit in front of the television and just be savaged by stuff that belittles their intelligence.

Quote by Alice Walker

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My mother had handed down respect for the possibilities...and the will to grasp them.

My mother had handed down respect for the possibilities...and the will to grasp them.

For in the end, freedom is a personal and lonely battle; and one faces down...

For in the end, freedom is a personal and lonely battle; and one faces down...

All partisan movements add to the fullness of our understanding of society as a whole....

All partisan movements add to the fullness of our understanding of society as a whole....

All History is current; all injustice continues on some level, somewhere in the world

All History is current; all injustice continues on some level, somewhere in the world

Don't wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you get...

Don't wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you get...

People do not wish to appear foolish; to avoid the appearance of foolishness, they are...

People do not wish to appear foolish; to avoid the appearance of foolishness, they are...

The trouble with our people is as soon as they got out of slavery they...

The trouble with our people is as soon as they got out of slavery they...

The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for...

The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for...

No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.

No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.

Us sing and dance, make faces and give flower bouquets, trying to be loved. You...

Us sing and dance, make faces and give flower bouquets, trying to be loved. You...

Tea to the English is really a picnic indoors.

Tea to the English is really a picnic indoors.

And so our mothers and grandmothers have, more often than not anonymously, handed on the...

And so our mothers and grandmothers have, more often than not anonymously, handed on the...

People do not wish to appear foolish; to avoid the appearance of foolishness, they are...

People do not wish to appear foolish; to avoid the appearance of foolishness, they are...

Nature has a funny way of breaking what does not bend

Nature has a funny way of breaking what does not bend

Writing saved me from the sin and inconvenience of violence.

Writing saved me from the sin and inconvenience of violence.

The gift of loneliness is sometimes a radical vision of society or one's people that...

The gift of loneliness is sometimes a radical vision of society or one's people that...

It no longer bothers me that I may be constantly searching for father figures; by...

It no longer bothers me that I may be constantly searching for father figures; by...

In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in...

In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in...

Beauty is desired in order that it may be befouled; not for its own sake,...

Beauty is desired in order that it may be befouled; not for its own sake,...

The greatest treasures are those invisible to the eye but found by the heart.

The greatest treasures are those invisible to the eye but found by the heart.

There is no gardening without humility. Nature is constantly sending even its oldest scholars to...

There is no gardening without humility. Nature is constantly sending even its oldest scholars to...

Advance, and never halt, for advancing is perfection. Advance and do not fear the thorns...

Advance, and never halt, for advancing is perfection. Advance and do not fear the thorns...