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Alex Haley
I acknowledge immense...
I acknowledge immense debt to the griots [tribal poets] of Africa -- where today it is rightly said that when a griot...
Either you deal...
Either you deal with what is the reality, or you can be sure that the reality is going to deal with...
My fondest hope...
My fondest hope is that Roots may start black, white, brown, red, yellow people digging back for their own roots. ...
I look...
I look at my books the way parents look at their children. The fact that one becomes more successful than the others...
Never completely encircle...
Never completely encircle your enemy. Leave him some escape, for he will fight even more desperately if...
Nobody can do...
Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do. Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of...
In the bush,...
In the bush, trust no one you don't know.'
Source: Roots, 1977.
-- Alex Haley,...
In my writing,...
In my writing, as much as I could, I tried to find the good, and praise it.
Source:...
Roots is not...
Roots is not just a saga of my family. It is the symbolic saga of a people.
Source:...
History is written...
History is written by the winners.
Source: Interview on David Frost Show, 20 Apr...
I acknowledge immense...
I acknowledge immense debt to the griots [tribal poets] of Africa -- where today it is rightly said that when a griot...
Either you deal...
Either you deal with what is the reality, or you can be sure that the reality is going to deal with...
My fondest hope...
My fondest hope is that Roots may start black, white, brown, red, yellow people digging back for their own roots. ...
I look...
I look at my books the way parents look at their children. The fact that one becomes more successful than the others...
Never completely encircle...
Never completely encircle your enemy. Leave him some escape, for he will fight even more desperately if...
Nobody can do...
Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do. Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of...
In the bush,...
In the bush, trust no one you don't know.'
Source: Roots, 1977.
-- Alex Haley,...
In my writing,...
In my writing, as much as I could, I tried to find the good, and praise it.
Source:...
Roots is not...
Roots is not just a saga of my family. It is the symbolic saga of a people.
Source:...
History is written...
History is written by the winners.
Source: Interview on David Frost Show, 20 Apr...