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

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Alex Haley
Age: 70 †
Born: 1921
Born: August 11
Died: 1992
Died: February 10
Biographer
Genealogist
Historian
Journalist
Military Personnel
Novelist
Screenwriter
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Ithica
New York
Alexander Murray Palmer Haley
Alexander M. P. Haley
Saga
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Roots
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People

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You're always being judged. No matter what you do, it's not the right thing. If you didn't become successful, then you'd be pointed at as one of those creatures down their who didn't take advantage of this or that, who didn't climb and rise and so forth.
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The way to succeed is never quit. Thats it. But really be humble about it.
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But then, as far as I know, as far as I've studied or heard or picked up, it seems that this type of thing is a curse against mankind.
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