Walter Dean Myers Quotes
Growing up in Harlem, I had the chance to practice with a Negro League team. At fifteen, I was over six feet tall and a fair athlete, but my skills didn't come close to some of the players I saw.
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You take the best of our tradition as a start, and I'll take the best of Christianity ... From there we can build.
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Look at how hard it was to get to where I am. It doesn't make sense to give it up.
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I love to walk into Borders or Barnes & Noble and see my books there. It's fabulous.
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I like independent films... European films. I do go and see popular films as well because my kids force me.
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I am obsessed with the Great Depression and with former showgirls - and the Victorians - the idea of wistful, dark romance.
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You don't need expensive classes and all kinds of weird equipment if you really want to be in shape. There are great ways to do it that are very economical, it just takes a time commitment, even if it means waking up a half hour a day before the rest of the household gets up because that's the only time you have.
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V-necks are great because you can get a little fat and you still look kind of good - and I like to get fat sometimes, so it's nice. I like to fluctuate between the world of skinny and fat, so V-necks suit me well.
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I would gladly admit women are superior to men if only they would stop trying to be the same as us.
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We pay taxes, and we help the city coffers.
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I am an unrepentant tweetaholic. I use the communications service all day long to discover news, interesting tidbits and, of course, to flack the work of our tech and media news site, Re/code.
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Lead us not into temptation. Just tell us where it is; we'll find it.
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In very simple language, Morrie always seems to be able to explain something that other people would take a chapter for, you know.
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We all know how funny Morrissey is. Actually, you know what? I say that sarcastically. His songs are some of the funniest songs I've ever heard in my life. I mean, really. I mean, not that the 'Girlfriend in a Coma' is, like, really funny.
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I enjoy my life.
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I never identified with anybody. I have always been very sensitive about my color, because everybody called me 'yellow gal.' I was caught in between both sides - nobody wanted me. I love that my audience is there, but I always feel as though I have to fend for myself.
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The Englishman never enjoys himself except for a noble purpose.
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My dad grew up wrestling. He knew Ken Shamrock, and I didn't know who he was at the time. So, he found out that Shamrock was in a gym in Reno, and he wanted me to go try a class with him. I tried it and fell in love the first day. Ken told me that I had potential in this sport, and he's the reason I kept at it.
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There's something extremely bizarre about the way people consume media now.
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I honestly don't read that much. Obviously I read chess books - in terms of favorites, Kasparov's 'My Great Predecessors' is pretty good.
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I always say I broke my mom's heart when I left. I don't know if that's what any mom wants for her kid, just thinking about how hard it is trying to make it in this business.
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I'd like to run a professional football team. I'd love to run the USTA, be the sports editor of the 'New York Times.'
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I grew up in church and on the block; the best of both worlds.
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It probably was a fall and it swelled up on me. I kept playing on it. ... My doctors just said rest it as much as possible.
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Growing up in Harlem, I had the chance to practice with a Negro League team. At fifteen, I was over six feet tall and a fair athlete, but my skills didn't come close to some of the players I saw.
