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We need to tell young people that America was built by men and women of all colors and that the future of this country is dependent on the participation of all of our citizens.

Walter Dean Myers

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Walter Dean Myers
Age: 76 †
Born: 1937
Born: August 12
Died: 2014
Died: July 1
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To fight for one's country, to offer one's very life to promote the well being of the United States, is truly a noble undertaking. But so is the vigilance of the citizen who carefully examines our leaders to see if political problems are being solved by wars simply because this seems to be the easiest solution.
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I couldn't speak well. I went to speech therapy for 10 years. And I was sort of frustrated in that sense.
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I'm not out here looking for no garbage cans to curl up in. I'm looking for the same good dreams everybody else is hoping for, but I don't see where they are. Or maybe I see where they are, but I don't see how to get there.
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Each time I think there is no place lower to go, I find that there is at least one place that will mess you up worse than you were.
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Violence was just as much about WHAT was happening as it was how it happened.
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America believes what's good for us is good for the world. It's very difficult to understand that that's not necessarily true.
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And I see the - you know, when I go to the juvenile detention centers and prisons, I see people who can't read now. And I know that when they leave those prisons and those detention centers, they're not going to be able to make it in our society.
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I'll never live to write all the stories I have in my head.
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We all know we should eat right and we should exercise, but reading is treated as if it's this wonderful adjunct.
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Can you become The hope I need? Can you help me be More than it is written in my future Or past? Is there another me to find?
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How deep is your game?
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One of the lessons learned during the Vietnam War was that the depiction of wounded soldiers, of coffins stacked higher than their living guards, had a negative effect on the viewing public. The military in Iraq specifically banned the photographing of wounded soldiers and coffins, thus sanitizing this terrible and bloody conflict.
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My life is not packaged, Not tidy. There are leftover strands and jagged Edges that cut even my friends.
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the beast is the monster that destroys your dream
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That's what's wrong with women. They want you to wait for them until they get ready and then they don't even tell you how they feel.
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I want young people to be hesitant to glorify war and to demand of their leaders justification for the sacrifices they ask of our citizens.
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When we think of war, the tendency is to picture young soldiers only in their military roles. To a large extent this dehumanizes the soldiers and makes it easier for society to commit them to combat.
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Looks to me like you've been making garbage for a while and dragging it with you. Now you need to get out of here, and that garbage is weighing you down.
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Forever in your arms Is where I want to be Holding you close Within the space That once held only me... Forever in your warmth The place for me and you I feel the sun Our life's just begun I know you feel it too
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If you know you don't have a win, then there's no use for you being in the game.
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