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When I began to read, I began to exist

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Walter Dean Myers
Age: 76 †
Born: 1937
Born: August 12
Died: 2014
Died: July 1
Novelist
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Martinsburg
West Virginia
Walter Milton Myers
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I would enjoy having dinner with the poet/playwright Derek Walcott.
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Wherever your heart rests There I will live and be blessed I've tried to line up the things I Needed to say but now my feelings just Tumble from me. I am half foolish, Half drunk with wanting you With wanting to take your hand And leap into the darkness of whatever Life will bring. Love makes me Brave and without love I'm made Nothing.
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Idiots don't know they're idiots, which is unfortunate.
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I like people who take responsibility for their lives.
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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.
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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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What I found fascinating was just how quickly the best of the young Negro League players were drafted into the major leagues once Branch Rickey broke the color line by hiring Jackie Robinson. It was clear that all of the major league owners already knew the talents of the black ballplayers that they had refused to let into their league.
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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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Drew, your enemies can mess your life up,' he said. 'Or they can make it easy for you to do it to yourself.' —Fletch
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There is a crisis involving reading in certain communities.
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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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he was trying to convince himself that he wasn't guilty.
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What did I do? I walked into a drugstore to look for some mints, and then I walked out. What was wrong with that? I didn't kill Mr. Nesbitt.
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How deep is your game?
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the beast is the monster that destroys your dream
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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'll never live to write all the stories I have in my head.
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Think about all the tomorrows of your life.
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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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