"There are just so many stories that are buried on family trees." ― Henry Louis Gates Topic(s): Family Tags: there More From Henry Louis Gates "Very few, if any, first-generation black or white or Asian kids will pursue a Ph.D. They’ll pursue the professions for economic security. Many will go to law school and/or business school." "I knew that there were black people in Africa, of course, unfortunately because of movies such as ‘Tarzan.’" "My family and our neighbors and friends thought of Africa and its Africans as extensions of the stereotyped characters that we saw in movies and on television in films such as ‘Tarzan’ and in programs such as ‘Ramar of the Jungle’ and ‘Sheena, Queen of the Jungle.’" More In Family "What I want to do is tell stories about normal people in the American suburbs. I don’t write the book where it’s a conspiracy reaching the prime minister; I don’t write the book with the big serial killer who lops off heads. My setting is a very placid pool of suburbia, family life. And within that I can make pretty big splashes."― Harlan Coben "I was angry and frustrated until I started my own family and my first child was born. Until then I didn’t really appreciate life the way I should have, but fortunately I woke up."― Johnny Depp "I started imagining this whole different world. It was a society of musicians, a family I hoped I could belong to one day."― Quincy Jones