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I talk to myself out loud at times, and feel embarrassed when people overhear me.

Walter Dean Myers

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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
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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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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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the beast is the monster that destroys your dream
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