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Quote by Alex Haley
My fondest hope is that Roots may start black, white, brown, red,

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. – Alex Haley

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

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

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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

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If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true is really true, there would be little hope of advance. – Orville Wright

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I want you to take away the hope because thats the thing thats killing me. – Denis Leary

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I hope to work harder than ever to help people around the world. – Lech Walesa

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