"In my work and in myself I reflect black people, women and men, as I reflect others. One day even the most self-protective ones will look into the mirror I provide and not be afraid."
-Alice Walker
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"The experience of God, or in any case the possibility of experiencing God, is innate.“
-Alice Walker
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"My work is about my life, and what I want to do with it."
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"I'm for women choosing whatever they want to do but they have to really know what they are doing."
-Alice Walker
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"I just like to have words that describe things correctly. Now to me, 'black feminist' does not do that. I need a word that is organic, that really comes out of the culture, that really expresses the spirit that we see in black women. And it's just... womanish."
-Alice Walker
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"My mother was very strong. Once, she picked up a coconut and smashed it against my father's head. It taught me about women defending themselves and not collapsing in a heap."
-Alice Walker
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"It evolved from my experience in the fifties, growing up during the McCarthy era, and hearing a lot of assumptions that America was wonderful and Communism was terrible."
-Warren Farrell
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"I feel responsible that everyone has a really wonderful experience and to do the best work possible, and to always know my lines and to always be on time and to bring a level to the show in terms of quality that other people will follow."
-Julianna Margulies
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"Acting is not a mystery. There's nothing that I know that other actors don't know. We all act, we're all actors, we all know the same thing. The only thing that separates us is experience."
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"Many children are natural fantasists, I think, perhaps because their imaginations have yet to be clobbered into submission by experience."
-David Mitchell
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"I got pregnant at 40 by surprise. It's funny, because when we found out we were pregnant, I said, 'Okay, let's experience that.' You just have to just go with it because it's rare."
-Julianna Margulies
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"At our best, it's a good experience but we do 22 episodes a year, so there are some clunkers."
-Vincent D'Onofrio
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