Walter Dean Myers Quotes

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.

Walter Dean Myers

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 12, 1937 - July 1, 2014

Topics

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If I'd known how old I was going to be I'd have taken better care of myself.

Jimmy Durante

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For the longest time, people would say to me that I didn't feel very modern, that I seemed from another time.

Jessica Chastain

TimePeopleMeFeelSayModern

I see the job of directing as being one of creating the right atmosphere, creating an environment where people can realize their full potential.

Joe Wright

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When I consider life, it is all a cheat. Yet fooled with hope, people favor this deceit.

John Dryden

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I'm not a happy-ending person. I want to know what happens once Cinderella rides off with Prince Charming.

Melissa Joan Hart

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If you have a great business, if you're great at your craft people should be coming in there. It shouldn't be this secret.

Andrew Mason

BusinessGreatPeopleYouCraft

You know, somebody mentioned that I was sort of a jazz-pop singer. And I'm thrilled that somebody would find that, at last, in my presentation, because it's such a part of where I live.

Melissa Manchester

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Old hands soil, it seems, whatever they caress, but they too have their beauty when they are joined in prayer. Young hands were made for caresses and the sheathing of love. It is a pity to make them join too soon.

Andre Gide

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I think the depressing litany of projections about World War Three and global Brexit recession we hear from the Remain side is not the sort of approach we should take into the future.

Michael Gove

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Playing for a Champions League place is not enough. It is not my target, but it is a target we have to take.

Robin Van Persie

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I don't have that same ambition I had when I was younger.

Mike Tice

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In one of my songs, I say fame is nothing more than loving someone. So I'm grateful every day that there's so many fans of people out there that love my music and feel they're connected to me through that.

Jason Mraz

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