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
Feet, Own, May, Brown
Anytime you see a turtle up on top of a fence post, you know he had some help.
- Alex Haley
Funny, Turtle, Some, Anytime
In every conceivable manner, the family is link to our past, bridge to our future.
- Alex Haley
Family, Future, Past, Bridge
Racism is taught in our society, it is not automatic. It is learned behavior toward persons with dissimilar physical characteristics.
- Alex Haley
Racism, Society, Persons, Dissimilar
Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do. Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of little children.
- Alex Haley
Over, Little Children, Lives, Stardust
In my writing, as much as I could, I tried to find the good, and praise it.
- Alex Haley
Find, Tried, Could, I Tried
Roots is not just a saga of my family. It is the symbolic saga of a people.
- Alex Haley
Family, Roots, Symbolic, Saga
When you start about family, about lineage and ancestry, you are talking about every person on earth.
- Alex Haley
Family, Person, Ancestry, Lineage
Either you deal with what is the reality, or you can be sure that the reality is going to deal with you.
- Alex Haley
Deal, Sure, Either, Reality
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