Walter Dean Myers Quotes

There was a time I was no longer going to be black. I was going to be an 'intellectual.' When I was first looking around for colleges, thinking of colleges I couldn't afford to go to, I was thinking of being a philosopher. I began to understand then that much of my feelings about race were negative.

Walter Dean Myers

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Author Biography

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

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I don't think that the Pulitzer should be given the way it is. I think the competition should be anonymous. I think completely different people would win it if the names were taken off because a lot of it is done on relationships and names.

John Corigliano

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The vast majority of what I've seen written about me is not true. My family and friends - the people who matter to me - they know the real story.

Matt Lauer

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What fun is life without a bit of showing off?

Matt Lucas

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Donald Trump is right. We need to figure out a way to end this cycle of hostility that's putting this country at risk, costing us billions of dollars in defense, and creating hostility that should not exist.

Jeff Sessions

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The Democratic Party looks at massive immigration, legal and illegal, as a source of voters.

Tom Tancredo

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Roman military tactics were much over-rated. All the clever ones had the same idea, which was to go round the back.

Mary Beard

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Rich Aurelia was my favorite growing up.

Jared Goff

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Nate Robinson has a lot of jumping ability, but I don't see Josh losing.

Dominique Wilkins

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My early life has given me a great deal to draw on, certainly - but would I have swapped a happy childhood for the writing? Yes.

Bruce Robinson

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As an athlete in my sport, you always want to go to an Olympics.

Ali Krieger

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Beans have a soul.

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I'm pro responsible choice. You know, there is choice to abstain, choice to do contraception. There are all kinds of good choices.

Sharron Angle

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