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History is written by the winners. - Alex Haley

History is written by the winners. – 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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Family
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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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Society
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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. – Alex Haley

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Hope
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History could pass for a scarlet text, its jot and title graven red in human blood. – Eldridge Cleaver

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History

American policy seems to be wed to a perpetual state of war. Why? History shows that the world will always be in flux or turmoil, with different peoples competing for visibility and power. The U.S. cannot fix the fate of every nation. – Camille Paglia

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History

If we got into a situation where people start burning our records, then bring it on. Thats the whole point. The gloaming has begun. Were in the darkness. This has happened before. Go read some history. – Thom Yorke

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History

We also have to make sure our children know the history of women. Tell them the rotten truth: It wasnt always possible for women to become doctors or managers or insurance people. Let them be armed with a true picture of the way we want it to be. – Anne Roiphe

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History

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Television is much better crafted today then in the 70s. The content is less positive but Im one of those that feel our entertainment reflects our world, its not a driver – art imitates life. – Christopher Knight

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positive

In the past a leader was a boss. Todays leaders must be partners with their people… they no longer can lead solely based on positional power. – Ken Blanchard

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I object to people running down the future. I am going to live all the rest of my life there. – Charles Kettering

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Future

Everything perfect in its kind has to transcend its own kind, it must become something different and incomparable. In some notes the nightingale is still a bird; then it rises above its class and seems to suggest to every winged creature what singing is truly like. – Johann von Goethe

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Birds