A people do not throw their geniuses away. And if ... -Alice Walker

A people do not throw their geniuses away. And if they are thrown away, it is our duty as artists and as witnesses for the future to collect them again for the sake of our children and, if necessary, bone by bone.

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Alice Walker is an American author, poet, and activist. She is best known for her novel "The Color Purple," which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and was adapted into an acclaimed film and Broadway musical. Walker's works often explore themes of race, gender, and social justice.

Alice Walker Quotes to Explore

'Thank you' is the best prayer that anyone could say. I say that one a lot. Thank you expresses extreme gratitude, humility, understanding....
In search of my mother's garden, I found my own....
As long as the people don't fear the truth, there is hope. For once they fear it, the one who tells it doesn't stand a chance. And today, truth is sti...
Life is abundant, and life is beautiful. And it's a good place that we're all in, you know, on this earth, if we take care of it....
Poetry is the lifeblood of rebellion, revolution, and the raising of consciousness....
All History is current; all injustice continues on some level, somewhere in the world....
Propaganda is amazing. People can be led to believe anything....
The gift of loneliness is sometimes a radical vision of society or one's people that has not previously been taken into account....
I have fallen in love with the imagination. And if you fall in love with the imagination, you understand that it is a free spirit. It will go anywhere...
For in the end, freedom is a personal and lonely battle; and one faces down fears of today so that those of tomorrow might be engaged....

Future Quotes to Explore

As a small country, both in size and population, our future hinges on the quality of our people....
You don't only have the need to do it well because leading a country is something quite important, but also because I am the first woman I have the ob...
Whether it is salt farmers in India embracing solar power or wind companies creating tens of thousands of jobs in America, people are providing a visi...
The Bible never divorces the truth of Christ's future return with our present-day responsibilities....
The world wants to know - is the future a democratic one or an autocratic one? And I want to make sure that the United States leads on that, clearly t...
We have to dare to modernize to get room to maneuver for the priorities in the future....
We can't change the past. We can only get ready for the future....
So many people have this idea: I want to achieve something great or be somebody great. And they neglect the step that leads to greatness. They don't h...
For 25 years countless people have come to the U.N. climate conferences begging our world leaders to stop emissions and clearly that has not worked as...
The idea that science is just some luxury that you'll get around to if you can afford it is regressive to any future a country might dream for itself....