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I know what falling off the cliff means. I know from being considered a very bright kid to being considered like a moron and dropping out of school.

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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Martinsburg
West Virginia
Walter Milton Myers
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he was trying to convince himself that he wasn't guilty.
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What I do with my books is to create windows to my world that all may peer into. I share the images, the feelings and thoughts, and, I hope, the delight.
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I'll never live to write all the stories I have in my head.
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I talk to myself out loud at times, and feel embarrassed when people overhear me.
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Children have adopted a consumerist attitude - I dare you to entertain me.
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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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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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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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My life is not packaged, Not tidy. There are leftover strands and jagged Edges that cut even my friends.
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As a child I wanted to be a professional athlete or lawyer.
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As a kid I didn't see black cowboys on the screen. What that said to me was that there were things I couldn't do or be because of my color. What we see others like us do gives us permission to expand our own horizons.
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Everything in life is made up...You make up that you are happy. You make up that you are sad. You make up that you are in love. If you don't make up your own life, who's going to make it up for you? It's bad enough when you die and everybody can make up their own stories about you. —Mr. Hooft
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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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Yes, she is the fruit that will Sustain me and yes, she brings A rain that I know can chill But it is a rain so sweet and sings A song my soul insists That I follow, if I would exist As more than I have ever, ever been If my mother calls it evil, then I embrace the sin
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I was teased if I brought my books home. I would take a paper bag to the library and put the books in the bag and bring them home. Not that I was that concerned about them teasing me - because I would hit them in a heartbeat. But I felt a little ashamed, having books.
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