Anytime you see a turtle up on top of a fence post, you know he had some help.

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Racism is taught in our society, it is not automatic. It is learned behavior toward...

Racism is taught in our society, it is not automatic. It is learned behavior toward...

Either you deal with what is the reality, or you can be sure that the...

Either you deal with what is the reality, or you can be sure that the...

My fondest hope is that 'Roots' may start black, white, brown, red, yellow people digging...

My fondest hope is that 'Roots' may start black, white, brown, red, yellow people digging...

In my writing, as much as I could, I tried to find the good, and...

In my writing, as much as I could, I tried to find the good, and...

When you start about family, about lineage and ancestry, you are talking about every person...

When you start about family, about lineage and ancestry, you are talking about every person...

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

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

Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do. Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over...

Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do. Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over...

In every conceivable manner, the family is link to our past, bridge to our future.

In every conceivable manner, the family is link to our past, bridge to our future.

I look at my books the way parents look at their children. The fact that...

I look at my books the way parents look at their children. The fact that...

Either you deal with what is the reality, or you can be sure that the...

Either you deal with what is the reality, or you can be sure that the...

We must start with the reality that corporations cannot guarantee anyone a lifetime job any...

We must start with the reality that corporations cannot guarantee anyone a lifetime job any...

Reality is a question of perspective; the further you get from the past, the more...

Reality is a question of perspective; the further you get from the past, the more...

Don't lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet...

Don't lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet...

If you love somebody, let them go. If they return, they were always yours. If...

If you love somebody, let them go. If they return, they were always yours. If...

I have learned that pleasing everyone is too hard, but pissing everyone off is a...

I have learned that pleasing everyone is too hard, but pissing everyone off is a...

Dear tampon commercial, When I'm on my period, I don't wear a WHITE bikini or...

Dear tampon commercial, When I'm on my period, I don't wear a WHITE bikini or...

Good writers define reality; bad ones merely restate it. A good writer turns fact into...

Good writers define reality; bad ones merely restate it. A good writer turns fact into...

Even the weather page is in a state of moral decay. Whats wrong with red,...

Even the weather page is in a state of moral decay. Whats wrong with red,...

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask,...

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask,...

The best way to keep something bad from happening is to see it ahead of...

The best way to keep something bad from happening is to see it ahead of...