"I was teased if I brought my books home. I would take a paper bag to the library and put the books in the bag and bring them home. Not that I was that concerned about them teasing me - because I would hit them in a heartbeat. But I felt a little ashamed, having books."

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Walter Dean Myers

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“The real good comedians, like Chaplin, would make you laugh and a second later, cry”
“It will do us little good to wire the world if we limit our vision. It will do us little good to wire the world if we short circuit our souls.”
“We don't need flowery words about inequality to tell us that, and we don't need a party that has led while poverty and hunger rose to record levels to give us lectures about suffering.”

Source : "Artur Davis Gives Speech At 2012 Republican Convention". www.huffingtonpost.com. August 28, 2012.
“My M.F.A was in directing, and all the films I've made, for film school and after, I've written, directed and shot.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“First, recognize that you are not a sheep who will be satisfied with only a few nibbles of dry grass or with following the herd as they wander aimlessly, bleating and whining, all of their days. Separate yourself now from the multitude of humanity so that you will be able to control your own destiny. Remember that what others think and say and do need never influence what you think and say and do.”
“I feel like there's a moment, in every young girl's life, whether it happens with your family, or a tragedy or death in your family, or a relationship, where there's a turning point where you go from extremely hopeful and cheery to wondering whether you are okay with where you are. That's always awkward.”
“Cats like men are flatterers.”
“What I'm exploring right now is the subject of my own mortality, It's an area that I'm curious about, and I'm researching it to see if there's a photographic essay in it for me. If images don't start to come, I'll go to something else”

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