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Alex Haley quotes: Roots is not just a saga of my family. It is the symbolic saga of a people.

Roots is not just a saga of my family. It is the symbolic saga of a people.

Alex Haley quotes: We all suffer. If a man's wise, he learns from it.

We all suffer. If a man's wise, he learns from it.

Alex Haley quotes: Every death is like the burning of a library.

Every death is like the burning of a library.

Alex Haley quotes: Find the Good and Praise it" by Alex Haley

Find the Good and Praise it" by Alex Haley

Alex Haley quotes: It's an hour during the week where you can just slow down.

It's an hour during the week where you can just slow down.

Alex Haley quotes: He meant you no harm?" said Omoro. "He acted very friendly," said the old man, "but the cat always eats the mouse it plats with.

He meant you no harm?" said Omoro.
"He acted very friendly," said the old man, "but the cat always eats the mouse it plats with.

Alex Haley quotes: Through this flesh, which is us, we are you, and you are us!

Through this flesh, which is us, we are you, and you are us!

Alex Haley quotes: I get interviewed a lot, and I found myself listening to what the interviewer is asking me, I'm analyzing what I'm being asked more than my response.

I get interviewed a lot, and I found myself listening to what the interviewer is asking me, I'm analyzing what I'm being asked more than my response.

Alex Haley quotes: Anytime you see a turtle up on top of a fence post, you know he had some help.

Anytime you see a turtle up on top of a fence post, you know he had some help.

Alex Haley quotes: There was a great deal of inbreeding between the Indians and the slaves. Genetically speaking, black people are some part black, some part European.

There was a great deal of inbreeding between the Indians and the slaves. Genetically speaking, black people are some part black, some part European.

Alex Haley quotes: You have to deal with the fact that your life is your life.

You have to deal with the fact that your life is your life.

Alex Haley quotes: Either you deal with what is the reality, or you can be sure that the reality is going to deal with you.

Either you deal with what is the reality, or you can be sure that the reality is going to deal with you.

Alex Haley quotes: Most of the things that are asked of me as a representative black person, would suggest never are we equal Americans.

Most of the things that are asked of me as a representative black person, would suggest never are we equal Americans.

Alex Haley quotes: The main thing you got to remember is that everything in the world is a hustle.

The main thing you got to remember is that everything in the world is a hustle.

Alex Haley quotes: I am really quite proud of most of the people I " know who have "made it," who do things to help people.

I am really quite proud of most of the people I " know who have "made it," who do things to help people.

Alex Haley quotes: Never completely encircle your enemy. Leave him some escape, for he will fight even more desperately if trapped.

Never completely encircle your enemy. Leave him some escape, for he will fight even more desperately if trapped.

Alex Haley quotes: I don't mind shaking hands with a human being, are you one?

I don't mind shaking hands with a human being, are you one?

Alex Haley quotes: I was weeping for all of history's incredible atrocities against fellowmen, which seems to be mankind's greatest flaw ...

I was weeping for all of history's incredible atrocities against fellowmen, which seems to be mankind's greatest flaw ...

Alex Haley quotes: When you clench your fist, no one can put anything in your hand.

When you clench your fist, no one can put anything in your hand.

Alex Haley quotes: Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do. Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of little children.

Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do. Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of little children.

Alex Haley quotes: History is written by winners.

History is written by winners.

Alex Haley quotes: I tell younger writers that indeed it is devastating to be rejected. You feel like the bottom dropped out of your world.

I tell younger writers that indeed it is devastating to be rejected. You feel like the bottom dropped out of your world.

Alex Haley quotes: If you go back to before mankind came out of the cave, there was hatred.

If you go back to before mankind came out of the cave, there was hatred.

Alex Haley quotes: Beginning writers must appreciate the prerequisites if they hope to become writers. You pay your dues - which takes years.

Beginning writers must appreciate the prerequisites if they hope to become writers. You pay your dues - which takes years.

Alex Haley quotes: In my writing, as much as I could, I tried to find the good, and praise it.

In my writing, as much as I could, I tried to find the good, and praise it.

Alex Haley quotes: Playboy: Why are you smiling? Thompson: Am I smiling? Yeah, I guess I am ... well, it's fun to lose it sometimes.

Playboy: Why are you smiling? Thompson: Am I smiling? Yeah, I guess I am ... well, it's fun to lose it sometimes.

Alex Haley quotes: The anti-blackness has generated new forms of youth involvement in anti-whiteness, which in some cases is appalling.

The anti-blackness has generated new forms of youth involvement in anti-whiteness, which in some cases is appalling.

Alex Haley quotes: I can't feel Irish to save my soul, but it's a fact.

I can't feel Irish to save my soul, but it's a fact.

Alex Haley quotes: I know that statistically, it has been proven that there is a tremendous amount of black on black crime within the inner cities.

I know that statistically, it has been proven that there is a tremendous amount of black on black crime within the inner cities.

Alex Haley quotes: Racism is taught in our society ... it is not automatic. It is learned behavior toward persons with dissimilar physical characteristics.

Racism is taught in our society ... it is not automatic.
It is learned behavior toward persons with
dissimilar physical characteristics.

Alex Haley quotes: Brown people wouldn't speak to someone who was black.

Brown people wouldn't speak to someone who was black.

Alex Haley quotes: Tying the little folks with the older folks is a great and powerful tool to preserve and to protect the family and the individual.

Tying the little folks with the older folks is a great and powerful tool to preserve and to protect the family and the individual.

Alex Haley quotes: You can never enslave somebody who knows who he is.

You can never enslave somebody who knows who he is.

Alex Haley quotes: In the bush, trust no one you don't know.

In the bush, trust no one you don't know.

Alex Haley quotes: That's what happens with writing. Ingredients bubble and cook. Material becomes substance.

That's what happens with writing. Ingredients bubble and cook. Material becomes substance.

Alex Haley quotes: Every time an old person dies, it's like a library burning down.

Every time an old person dies, it's like a library burning down.

Alex Haley quotes: When you start about family, about lineage and ancestry, you are talking about every person on earth.

When you start about family, about lineage and ancestry, you are talking about every person on earth.

Alex Haley quotes: It is the way of the world that goodness is often repaid by badness.

It is the way of the world that goodness is often repaid by badness.

Alex Haley quotes: In every conceivable manner, the family is link to our past, bridge to our future.

In every conceivable manner, the family is link to our past, bridge to our future.

Alex Haley quotes: The way to succeed is never quit. Thats it. But really be humble about it.

The way to succeed is never quit. Thats it. But really be humble about it.

Alex Haley quotes: Find the good, and praise it.

Find the good, and praise it.

Alex Haley quotes: Indeed optimists rather than defeatists have produced the results for which serious genealogical research is best known.

Indeed optimists rather than defeatists have produced the results for which serious genealogical research is best known.