The best Quotes by Alice Walker

The best Quotes by Alice Walker

Alice Malsenior Tallulah-Kate Walker (born February 9, 1944) is an American novelist, short story writer, poet, and social activist. In 1982, she became the first Afrо-American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, which she was awarded for her novel The Color Purple.

Is solace anywhere more comforting than that in the arms of a sister?
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No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.
The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any.

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As a Jew I am aware of how important the existence of Israel is for the survival of us all. And because I am proud of being Jewish, I am worried by the growing anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism in the world.
Without John Williams, bikes don't really fly, nor do brooms in Quidditch matches, nor do men in red capes. There is no Force, dinosaurs do not walk the Earth, we do not wonder, we do not weep, we do not believe.
Steven Spielberg - August 2016
The delicate balance of mentoring someone is not creating them in your own image, but giving them the opportunity to create themselves.
I don´t dream at night, I dream at day, I dream all day; I´m dreaming for living
Steven Spielberg (Moviemaker)
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Coming from a small town it was tough to dream big. When I grew up in a small town in Georgia, my biggest dream was one day to be able to go to Atlanta.
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You really cannot set a standard, because Georgia is my home state, my home team. No other team can match what Georgia can offer. Schools cannot really match that, so that is an edge for Georgia.
The ridiculousness of thinking that some sort of global Illuminati wrote down their plot for killing of 95 % of humanity on a giant granit post-it note and left their secret plan somewhere no conservative would ever find it: rural Georgia.
John Oliver (Last Week Tonight) - Rocks
In Texas, it's football. In Georgia, football. There's an appreciation from the average person about football more than anywhere else. And we have that for basketball in New York. And we'll always have that in New York.
I ask all Americans with a conscience to shun anything and everything to do with the murderous state of Georgia.
Georgia girls - the kind of girl you can take home to meet your mom, but can outdrink your dad.
For one, the 'countryness' is pretty much in my blood. I'm from Georgia, down south. That voice just lives in me.
Home is where the heart is and the heart is in Georgia.
Poor tree. Even you're sad to be stuck in the boonies of Columbus, Georgia.
Jade McKellan in Family Reunion - Season 1 Episode 1
They say money can't buy happiness, but it can buy a flight to Georgia - and that's pretty much the same thing.
Well, there's one thing: they can't order me to stop dreaming.
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Anything that consoles is fake.
So Matilda’s strong young mind continued to grow, nurtured by the voices of all those authors who had sent their books out into the world like ships on the sea. These books gave Matilda a hopeful and comforting message: You are not alone.
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"Little Sisters' Survival Guide, rule number thirty-seven," Skylar said.
"Scream before they hit you."
Jennifer Lynn Barnes in Every Other Day
You're not my best friend. You're my sister, and that's more.
To All the Boys - P.S. I Still Love You
My sister keeps me grounded.
And why do we fall, Bruce? So we can learn to pick ourselves up!
Alfred in Batman - Begins
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There's winning and there's losing - and in life both will happen. What is never acceptable to me is quitting.
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I really think everyone should be important enough to just one other person on this freaking planet to be fought for. Even me. And nobody’s fighting for me. So I’m done.
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Being different isn't a bad thing. It means you're brave enough to be yourself.
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Don't let anyone, ever, make you feel like you don't deserve what you want.
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Don't ever let someone tell you, you can't do something. Not even me. You got a dream, you got to protect it. People can't do something themselves, they want to tell you you can't do it. You want something, go get it. Period. All right?
Chris Gardner in The Pursuit of Happyness
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I would like to be remembered as someone who did the best she could with the talent she had.
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People often remark that I'm pretty lucky. Luck is only important in so far as getting the chance to sell yourself at the right moment. After that, you've got to have talent and know how to use it.
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Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.
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