Alex Haley Quotes

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.

Alex Haley

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 11, 1921 - February 10, 1992

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I'm going to have to pick my shots and play great tennis.

Andre Agassi

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If someone remembers me as a coach, they still call me 'Coach,' but if they know me for the video game, they just call me 'Madden.'

John Madden

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And strictly forbid that any quarrelling be at your meals.

Robert Grosseteste

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The music business is rougher than the movie business. In film you get noticed in a small role, even in a movie that bombs. But in records you better have that hit or else it's 'See you later.'

Amy Madigan

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We study, as Americans, the extreme aspects of repression under the Stalinist era. We're focused on them. The vast majority of Russian citizens, it was a much softer type of being disconcerted.

Amor Towles

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I love my fans, and I love my relationship with the fans, but when you're a performer, and you're used to being the mac daddy, the main cat, and all of a sudden you're not that guy anymore, it's kind of a whole different spectrum and a whole different level.

Stone Cold Steve Austin

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I've always been in love with that Delta-flavored music... the music that came from Mississippi and Memphis and, especially, New Orleans. When I was 14, I was in a wanna-be New Orleans band in Toronto.

Robbie Robertson

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The biggest inspiration I had was to take norteno soul music and fuse it with Mexican music. It was my great big idea to do that.

Ry Cooder

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Even though I don't feel I need approval, it's still important to me to give a good performance. I'm hard on myself.

Michelle Pfeiffer

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The future of television is not on television but online. A majority of us are turning to our computers and mobile devices for news and entertainment, Millennials especially.

Jason Calacanis

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You can't be in a situation where you are not happy. It's as simple as that.

Dolores O'Riordan

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At times, I feel overwhelmed and my depression leads me into darkness.

Dorothy Hamill

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