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

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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

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Man wants to live, but it is useless to hope that this desire will dictate all his actions. – Albert Camus

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I hope that anyone I worked with wouldnt exploit our relationship. – Laura Linney

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