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As a child I wanted to be a professional athlete or lawyer.

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Walter Dean Myers
Age: 76 †
Born: 1937
Born: August 12
Died: 2014
Died: July 1
Novelist
Writer
Martinsburg
West Virginia
Walter Milton Myers
Professional
Lawyer
Athlete
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he was trying to convince himself that he wasn't guilty.
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Idiots don't know they're idiots, which is unfortunate.
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The idea of voluntary segregation went against every value I had been taught. What did being born black have to do with excellence?
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You cannot live this life anymore without the ability to read.
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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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People told me to give up trying to be special and settle down to a regular life. There ain't nothing wrong with a regular life, and that's the Lord's truth...but it wasn't for me, because I wanted to be something special. I knew how easy it was for a dream to die. I seen that all around me. You could let it die by just looking the other way.
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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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Reading is not optional.
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But now, like a fallen sparrow On a golden chain, I'm forever bound in shadow, A prisoner to my pain.
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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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Each generation seems to invent its own reasons for war.
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Children have adopted a consumerist attitude - I dare you to entertain me.
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They take away your shoelaces and your belt so you can’t kill yourself no matter how bad it is. I guess making you live is part of the punishment.
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Sometimes when things get hard, we tend to set our sights on what's hard, that difficult thing that keeps us upset, and we turn our back on our strengths.
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the beast is the monster that destroys your dream
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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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Each of us is born with a history already in place
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Books transmit values. They explore our common humanity. What is the message when some children are not represented in those books?
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I think it's difficult for young people to acknowledge being smart, to knowledge being a reader. I see kids who are embarrassed to read books. They're embarrassed to have people see them doing it.
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