"I would enjoy having dinner with the poet/playwright Derek Walcott."

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Walter Dean Myers

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“The dangerous glorification of the nation state, and the baiting of minorities that goes along with it, releases an anti-democratic energy.”
“The truth is, almost nobody wants to experience real nature. What people want is to spend a week or two in a cabin in the woods, with screens on the windows. They want a simplified life for a while, without all their stuff. Or a nice river rafting trip for a few days, with somebody else doing the cooking. Nobody wants to go back to nature in any real way, and nobody does. It's all talk”
“Implementers aren't considered bozos anymore”
“There are as many jobs for younger Americans as there are for other Americans of every age group in political campaigns. Campaigns are very labor intensive and volunteer dependent.”
“It's not easy being grateful all the time. But it's when you feel least thankful that you are most in need of what gratitude can give you”
“People who never have any time on their hands are those who do the least.”
“To get the music the way you want it, there's a lot of work involved.”
“Because of my comedic-influence growing up, Mel Brooks, Jim Carrey, Steve Martinâ€¦ A lot of Jeff comedic-influences included Charlie Chaplin and physical comedians of the silent-era. What we were able to do together is to show all these major influences but make it into our own comedy. We've seen the stereotypical boy-meets-girl story a hundred thousand timesâ€¦”

Source : "J. Robert Spencer: Jersey Boy & Movie Man". Interview with Eugene Lovendusky, www.broadwayworld.com. November 13, 2007.

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