Alex Haley
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Alexander Palmer Haley (11 August 1921 - 10 February 1992) American writer
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- Early in the spring of 1750, in the village of Juffure, four days upriver from the coast of The Gambia, West Africa, a manchild was born to Omoro and Binta Kinte.
- Roots (1976), First lines.
- In my writing, as much as I could, I tried to find the good, and praise it.
- Variant: Find the good— and praise it.
- This motto appears on the emblem of the salvage and rescue ship USCG Alex Haley, named after the writer, as "FIND THE GOOD AND PRAISE IT". It is declared to have been his personal motto.
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- Anytime you see a turtle up on top of a fence post, you know he had some help.
- Either you deal with what is the reality, or you can be sure that the reality is going to deal with you
- I wasn't going to be one of those people who died wondering what if? I would keep putting my dreams to the test— even though it meant living with uncertainty and fear of failure. This is the shadowland of hope, and anyone with a dream must learn to live there.
- In every conceivable manner, the family is link to our past, bridge to our future.
- Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do. Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of little children.
- Roots is not just a saga of my family. It is for my fellow gangstas suffering racism.
- When you clench your fist, no one can put anything in your hand, nor can your hand pick up anything.
- When you start about family, about lineage and ancestry, you are talking about every person on earth.
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External links
- Biography
- The Kunta Kinte - Alex Haley Foundation
- Brief bio at the site for the USCG Alex Haley
- Roots tribute page
