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In the bush, trust no one you don't know.
Alex Haley
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Alex Haley
Age: 70 †
Born: 1921
Born: August 11
Died: 1992
Died: February 10
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Alexander Murray Palmer Haley
Alexander M. P. Haley
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Either you deal with what is the reality, or you can be sure that the reality is going to deal with you.
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Most of the things that are asked of me as a representative black person, would suggest never are we equal Americans.
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I can't feel Irish to save my soul, but it's a fact.
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Raw, naked truth exchanged between the black man and the white man is what a whole lot more of is needed in this country - to clear the air of the racial mirages, cliches, and lies that this country's very atmosphere has been filled with for four hundred years.
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I am really quite proud of most of the people I know who have made it, who do things to help people.
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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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