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Racism is taught in our society, it is not automatic. It is learned behavior toward persons with dissimilar physical characteristics.

~Alex Haley

Topics: Automatic Behavior Characteristics Learned Our Persons Physical Racism Society Taught Toward

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In every conceivable manner, the family is link to our past, bridge to our future.

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Topics: Bridge Every Family Future Link Manner Our Past

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Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do. Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of little children.

~Alex Haley

Topics: Children Grandparents Little Little Children Lives Nobody Over Sort Stardust

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My fondest hope is that 'Roots' may start black, white, brown, red, yellow people digging back for their own roots. Man, that would make me feel 90 feet tall.

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Topics: Back Black Brown Digging Feel Feet Hope Make Man May Me Own People Red Roots Start Tall White Would Yellow

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Either you deal with what is the reality, or you can be sure that the reality is going to deal with you.

~Alex Haley

Topics: Deal Either Going Reality Sure You

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When you start about family, about lineage and ancestry, you are talking about every person on earth.

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Topics: About Ancestry Earth Every Family Lineage Person Start Talking You

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I look at my books the way parents look at their children. The fact that one becomes more successful than the others doesn't make me love the less successful one any less.

~Alex Haley

Topics: Any Becomes Books Children Fact Less Look Love Make Me More Others Parents Successful Than Way

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In my writing, as much as I could, I tried to find the good, and praise it.

~Alex Haley

Topics: Could Find Good Much Praise Tried Writing I Tried

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Roots is not just a saga of my family. It is the symbolic saga of a people.

~Alex Haley

Topics: Family Just People Roots Saga Symbolic

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Novelist

Born: August 11th, 1921

Died: February 10th, 1992

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