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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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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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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I hope Im wrong, but I am afraid that Iraq is going to turn out to be the greatest disaster in American foreign policy – worse than Vietnam, not in the number who died, but in terms of its unintended consequences and its reverberation throughout the region. – Madeleine Albright

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I hope that Facebook and other Internet technologies were able to help people, just like we hope that we help them communicate and organize and do whatever they want to every single day, but I dont pretend that if Facebook didnt exist, that this wouldnt even be possible. Of course, it would have. – Mark Zuckerberg

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If youre lucky enough to be involved in a film thats about something very real and that you hope will continue to hold up in 20 years time it just gives you more energy and makes it feel all the more worthwhile. – Eric Bana

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This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last. – Oscar Wilde

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Politics are about preserving relationships at the end of the day, and it has nothing to do with the greater good for humanity. Its just all about business. – will.i.am

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