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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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James Joyce is right about history being a nightmare– but it may be that nightmare from which no one can awaken. People are trapped in history and history in trapped in them. – James Baldwin

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History

Irish fiction is full of secrets, guilty pasts, divided identities. It is no wonder that there is such a rich tradition of Gothic writing in a nation so haunted by history. – Terry Eagleton

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History

A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots. – Marcus Garvey

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History

I dont know the history of my sport. Im not like those people who know everything. – Usain Bolt

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History

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Horse sense, n.: Stable thinking. – Author Unknown

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Horses

Last week, the House of Representatives passed a resolution honoring the victims and heroes of September 11th. As we commemorate the anniversary of 9-11, we must also remember that the threat is still very real today. – Michael McCaul

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Anniversary

So I think its – what was important to me is that I found that I cant change the fact that people already have made an opinion about me. But I dont think that should stop me from trying to correct some of the misperceptions that are out there. – Monica Lewinsky

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Change

For those who have come here illegally, they might have a transition time to allow them to set their affairs in order. And then go back home and get in line with everybody else. And if they get in line and they apply to become a citizen and get a green card, they will be treated like everybody else. – Mitt Romney

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