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

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Alex Haley
Age: 70 †
Born: 1921
Born: August 11
Died: 1992
Died: February 10
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Unless we learn from history, we are destined to repeat it. This is no longer merely an academic exercise, but may contain our worlds fate and our destiny.
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I don't know anywhere in the world where there is not racism against somebody.
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Most of us prefer to be as quiet as possible about giving, because every time it's publicized that we do something, if it's something of the nature of giving, we'll be doubly besieged, and you really get sick of being always criticized no matter what you do.
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Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do. Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of little children.
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You have to deal with the fact that your life is your life.
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Anytime you see a turtle up on top of a fence post, you know he had some help.
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You don't spend twenty years of your life in the service and not have a warm, nostalgic feeling left in you. It's a small service, and there's a lot of esprit de corps.
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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.
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The way to succeed is never quit. Thats it. But really be humble about it.
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When you clench your fist, no one can put anything in your hand.
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Your attitude is everything. Believe in yourself and trust your material. To be a successful writer, write every single day where you feel like it or not. Never, never give up, and the world will reward you beyond your wildest dreams.
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I tell younger writers that indeed it is devastating to be rejected. You feel like the bottom dropped out of your world.
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