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Walter Dean Myers Quotes

One of the problems is that kids who don't read - who are not doing well in school - they know they're not doing well. And they want everyone to be in that same category.

Walter Dean Myers

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

School Problems Doing Know Want Who

I mean, movies are all geared to be basically under 25, and they're all tentpoles, explosions, excitement and all that - they take advantage of the big screen, which is great.

Joe Dante

Great Movies Take Advantage Mean Big

Growing up in an atmosphere of storytelling made me an actor.

John Lithgow

Me Growing Up Growing Storytelling

They said, 'If we put you in first class with Brian, will you do it?' So I flew after not having flown in eight years. If there's one person who doesn't like flying as much as me, it's Brian.

Matthew Sweet

Me Flying You Person Said Class

The majority of my background is multi-camera format, which is very broad and a very arch perception of reality. Whereas single camera tends to be more truthful and a little more intimate of a medium.

Matt LeBlanc

Perception Reality Camera More Arch

People say that I am always serious and depressing, but it seems to me that the English are never serious - they are flippant, complacent, ineffable, but never serious, which is sometimes maddening.

Anita Brookner

I Am People Me Serious Sometimes

The West Coast is so different from the common perceptions of it.

Ann Maxwell

West West Coast Common Different

We're not necessarily the ski boat, we're the skier. There are countries like Japan and Korea and others who are the ski boat at this point, but we're getting pulled right behind them.

Steve Largent

Boat Others Right Point Japan Like

Some guys have trouble sleeping the night before an important round. I never have. Invariably, I sleep longer and better, and have more dreams, when I'm in contention and feeling pressure.

Tom Watson

Dreams Sleep Night Pressure Better

We were the best team in the world: European champions in 1984, we qualified without a hitch and 86 was to be the swan song for a very experienced side.

Michel Patini

Best Team World Song Champions Side

I did a play back in 2005 called 'The Pillowman,' which Martin McDonagh directed, in which, at the very end of the run, I caught a case of shingles. I had something burst on my forehead, so I actually have a mark on my forehead from that experience. But it's also an internal mark as well.

Michael Stuhlbarg

Experience End Back Play Run Mark

I recognized that if you're going to have women in the workforce that sometimes you need to be more flexible.

Mitt Romney

Women You Sometimes Flexible Need

I've always loved playing tennis. When I was 12, my parents decided that I should try to do it seriously. My father started to travel with me, and as a family, we tried to make it work.

Dominika Cibulkova

Work Family Father Travel Parents