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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.

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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Wrong
Didn
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Mints
Drugstore
Mint
Walked

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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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If you know you don't have a win, then there's no use for you being in the game.
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If what I read doesn't reflect my life - whether I'm gay or Latino or on welfare - doesn't that really mean that my life is not valuable?
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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.
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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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