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History is written by the winners. - Alex Haley

History is written by the winners. – 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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Family
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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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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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Grandparents Day
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Nigeria has had a complicated colonial history. My work has examined that part of our story extensively. – Chinua Achebe

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History

History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats. – B. C. Forbes

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History

Throughout human history, the American Idea has done more to help the poor than any other economic system ever designed. – Paul Ryan

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History

It is a great pity that every human being does not, at an early stage of his life, have to write a historical work. He would then realize that the human race is in quite a jam about truth. – Rebecca West

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History

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