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Alice Walker Quotes

I grew up in the South under segregation. So, I know what terrorism feels like - when your father could be taken out in the middle of the night and lynched just because he didn't look like he was in an obeying frame of mind when a white person said something he must do. I mean, that's terrorism, too.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: american
Birth: February 9, 1944

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Father Mind Night Look White Person

I say, 'Use it or lose it.' I have my own fitness regime, which is centred around stretching, free-weights and fast walking. I also have a trainer half of the year, as I spend my summers in the south of France where I swim a lot.

Fitness Walking Year Lose Fast Say

I like most of the venture capitalists I know; they're smart, well-intended guys who genuinely enjoy helping entrepreneurs succeed. And I love venture capital and investment capital of all categories - its economic impact is proven. The more of it the better.

Love Smart Succeed Impact Better

We can all agree that first loves can be a scary thing, and that growing up is hard to do.

Growing Up Growing First Hard Scary

If one tries to think about history, it seems to me - it's like looking at a range of mountains. And the first time you see them, they look one way. But then time changes, the pattern of light shifts. Maybe you've moved slightly, your perspective has changed. The mountains are the same, but they look very different.

History Time Light Perspective Me

The more successful we get, the more opportunities come our way.

Opportunities Way More Successful

I'm the audience's representative on earth.

Earth Audience Representative

What I want is to be number one.

Steve Prefontaine

One of the things I really like about racing is that you can't fake it. As an actor, everything is fake. You're always trying to convince people you can do something you can't. And that's the opposite of racing. The stopwatch never lies.

Robert Carradine

People Fake Racing Trying You Actor

Be spectacularly great at what you do. Wear your passion on your sleeve and hold your heart in the palm of your hand. And work hard. Really hard.

Robin S. Sharma

Work Passion Heart Great Work Hard

Storytelling is an ancient and honorable act. An essential role to play in the community or tribe. It's one that I embrace wholeheartedly and have been fortunate enough to be rewarded for.

Community Enough Play Storytelling

Half the time on vacation, if I'm in a bikini, I allow myself - I eat, like, waffles and pancakes for breakfast, so that's me after, like, a big meal. I'm not the one that's like, 'Oh my gosh, I'm going to be on the beach.'

Time Myself Beach Vacation Breakfast

Ezra Pound was a crackpot on social and political issues, but he knew what he was talking about in matters of the written language.

Language Political Talking Matters

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