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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I hope that I serve by being a teacher. – Jenna Bush

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The world is bad but not without hope. It is only hopeless when you look at it from an ideal viewpoint. – Friedrich Durrenmatt

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I know the world is filled with troubles and many injustices. But reality is as beautiful as it is ugly. I think it is just as important to sing about beautiful mornings as it is to talk about slums. I just couldnt write anything without hope in it. – Oscar Hammerstein II

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You want to play another kind of character in another genre, and its been something Ive been trying to do if I can in the career so far, and its something I hope to continue because its interesting to me and you get to do different things as an actor. – Keanu Reeves

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If you want to be creative, stay in part a child, with the creativity and invention that characterizes children before they are deformed by adult society. – Jean Piaget

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It is the customary fate of new truths to begin as heresies and to end as superstitions. – Thomas Henry Huxley

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I would like to mention that I have flown the 262 first in May 43. At this time, the aircraft was completely secret. I first knew of the existence of this aircraft only early in 42 – even in my position. This aircraft didnt have any priority in design or production. – Adolf Galland

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Music, art, theater. Im just a big fan of beauty. – Jerry Hall

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