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Darrius Garrett

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Born

in Long Beach, California, The United States

Website

http://www.Darriusonline.com

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Herbanprince

Genre

Nonfiction, Poetry, Fiction

Influences

Langston Hughes, Edgar Allen Poe, Alice Walker, Mel Merlstein, Erin Gr ...more

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July 2013

URL

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In a few short years, author, songwriter, motivational speaker and freedom writer Darrius Garrett transitioned from the ’hood to humanitarian, reaching heights he once could only imagine. As an inner-city youth of Long Beach, Calif., Garrett could easily have become a product of his environment but rose instead to become a pillar of his community. He became a New York Times bestselling author at a young age when he co-wrote The Freedom Writers Diary, which inspired the 2007 movie The Freedom Writers starring Hilary Swank. In the film, Garrett was portrayed as the heart-wrenching character Marcus. He also wrote the song “Change” for the movie’s soundtrack.

As a freedom writer, Garrett was co-recipient of the Spirit of Anne Frank Award, the Cr ...more

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	Diary of a Freedom Writer: The Experience 4.24 avg rating — 174 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Poetic Thoughts it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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I am so flattered that my book Diary of a Freedom Writer has been accepted by so many. I hope the numbers continue to grow as I am eager to get my message of hope and survival as well as Tolerance out into the world. Now I just found out that the book is #1 on my publishers Tate Publishing website of the top 5 features. I'm very happy about that. I hope that many people start to read more and supp Read more of this blog post »

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“No idea is a bad Idea. No dream is a bad dream. If your dream was good enough to have its good enough to do”
― Darrius Garrett

tags: idea-bad-dream-good

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“No greater place to be than in a leadership position to lead young minds to prosperity”
― Darrius Garrett

tags: greater-place, leadership, leadership-position, prosperity, young-minds

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“I don't mind growing old as long as I continue to grow”
― Darrius Garrett

tags: mind-growing-long-continue-grow

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Darrius’s Quotes

“No greater place to be than in a leadership position to lead young minds to prosperity”
― Darrius Garrett

tags: greater-place, leadership, leadership-position, prosperity, young-minds

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“I don't mind growing old as long as I continue to grow”
― Darrius Garrett

tags: mind-growing-long-continue-grow

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“No idea is a bad Idea. No dream is a bad dream. If your dream was good enough to have its good enough to do”
― Darrius Garrett

tags: idea-bad-dream-good

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“Motivation comes from within...nobody can motivate u. Motivational speakers just help u search inside to unlock the power you had all along.”
― Darrius Garrett

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“Don't stop chasing your dreams...you can only take a five min water and bathroom break then back to your grind.”
― Darrius Garrett

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