Walter Dean Myers Quotes

From my foster parents, the Deans, I received the love that was ultimately to strengthen me, even when I had forgotten its source. It was my foster mother, a half-Indian, half-German woman, who taught me to read, though she herself was barely literate. I remember her reading to me every day from 'True Romance' magazine.

Walter Dean Myers

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I came up from growing up with a lot of Catholic guilt, a lot of punk rock, hipster guilt in the later years where I think people have thrown a lot of things on me. Where I always felt like I'm not supposed to tell the horn section what to play or I don't want to come off egotistical.

Jack White The White Stripes
- People
- Up
- Growing
If I'm just at the White House, I have meetings in my office, I sign letters, I plan different things. Late in the afternoon, I'll quit working and wait for my husband to get home.

Laura Bush
- Different
- Home
- House
I think that a lot of people would perceive my style as being intimidating. And although I don't want to intimidate kids, I am very demanding.

Pat Summitt
One of the things Kuhn said about normal science is that people 'expect' things to be discovered.

Ian Hacking
- People
- Science
- Said
I don't know who Little Richard is.

Bar Refaeli
- Know
- Who
- Richard
You'll be fooled if you only get your hip-hop from the mainstream, you know. The things that move people are not just found in the mainstream cultures. And when we talk about hip-hop in general, hip-hop's basically preoccupied with life.

Talib Kweli Black Star
- People
- Life
- Know