Walter Dean Myers Quotes
People still try to sell books that way - as 'books can take you to foreign lands.' We've given children this idea that reading and books are a nice option, if you want that kind of thing. I hope we can get over that idea.
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I feel like if I live the Christian life, then the people should be able to see it in my everyday actions.
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Around a third of parents still worry that they will look like a bad mother or father if their child has a mental health problem. Parenting is hard enough without letting prejudices stop us from asking for the help we need for ourselves and our children.
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I was a regular hand when I was 7. I picked cotton. I drove tractors. Children grew up not thinking that this is what they must do. We thought this was the thing to do to help your family.
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You can't go around hoping that most people have sterling moral characters. The most you can hope for is that people will pretend that they do.
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A society of 'children first' is a society that nurtures smiling faces in everyone.
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Do our children now have to choose between getting an education and dying? Some of us cannot move on and accept that kind of society.
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A complainer is like a Death Eater because there's a suction of negative energy. You can catch a great attitude from great people.
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When we meet real tragedy in life, we can react in two ways - either by losing hope and falling into self-destructive habits, or by using the challenge to find our inner strength. Thanks to the teachings of Buddha, I have been able to take this second way.
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I was trying to be someone for the first part of high school. I was kind of this nerdy kid who didn't want to be a nerd anymore. Even talking about it, I'm embarrassed. I'm like, 'Ugh, why did you care what people thought?'
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I wish people would be a bit more aware of how their actions affect everyone around them.
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I got along with people very well at every job I had, people liked me and I liked them and I loved being on my feet.
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I sometimes joke, Paula, even paranoid people have enemies.
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To have a relationship that is pure and passionate and beautiful - I think people are scared of having that now. Especially guys.
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I always say that people should not rush to change religions. There is real value in finding the spiritual resources you need in your home religion.
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I think it's pretty normal that there are a lot of people out there who don't like us.
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While we may lose heart, we never have to lose hope.
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I like to surprise people. I try to take risks.
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My older brother, Jake, and I had a bohemian childhood. My parents are deeply unconventional people from the beatnik generation. They weren't married, and I thought that was normal. We called them by their first names.
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In the Darwinian world, self-preservation is the ultimate shiny good.
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Something even minor I do is going to be reported because of things that have happened in the past. You have to be aware of that.
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I'm certainly not 10 pounds away from being an ingenue! Of course I would love to lose 10 pounds. I would never lie and say I don't think about it, but I don't think about it on a daily basis. I love my body. I don't like wearing clothes that hide or cover it. I love wearing costumes that show it off.
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I like the ephemeral thing about theatre, every performance is like a ghost - it's there and then it's gone.
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When I started acting, I thought everything should be issue-based and that there should be a helpline at the end of every program.
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People still try to sell books that way - as 'books can take you to foreign lands.' We've given children this idea that reading and books are a nice option, if you want that kind of thing. I hope we can get over that idea.
