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Look at the way you live. You've sold out. Next thing I know you'll become a Republican. She shook her head. Where are the values I raised you with?

Jeannette Walls

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Jeannette Walls
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: April 21
Journalist
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Mom could say that in hindsight, but it seemed to me that when you were in the middle of something, it was awful hard to figure out what part of it was God's will and what wasn't.
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I sit down at my desk pretty early in the morning and write all day until about 4 or 5 p.m.
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One thing about whoring: It put a chicken on the table.
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When I got a little older, I started writing for the high school newspaper, The Maroon Wave, and that's when I fell in love with journalism.
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She never felt sorry for herself, and that was something I decided I admired most in people.
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One benefit of Summer was that each day we had more light to read by.
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I'm a big believer in luck - the harder you work, the luckier you become.
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Things usually work out in the end. What if they don't? That just means you haven't come to the end yet.
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....he said it was interesting. He used the word 'textured'. He said 'smooth' is boring but 'textured' was interesting, and the scar meant that I was stronger than whatever had tried to hurt me.
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It's the Joshua tree's struggle that gives it its beauty.
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Since Mom wasn't exactly the most useful person in the world, one lesson I learned at an early age was how to get things done, and this was a source of both amazement and concern for Mom, who considered my behavior unladylike but also counted on me. I never knew a girl to have such gumption, she'd say. But I'm not too sure it's a good thing.
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But the positive thoughts would give way to negative thoughts, and the negative thoughts seemed to swoop into her mind the way a big flock of black crows takes over the landscape, sitting thick in the trees and on the fence rails and lawns, staring at you in ominous silence.
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Life is a drama full of tragedy and comedy. You should learn to enjoy the comic episodes a little more.
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Fussing over children who cry only encourages them. That's positive reinforcement for negative behavior.
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I listen to music mostly in the evening. I've come to love what is called world music, like the Zimbabwean Oliver Mtukudzi and the Colombian singer Marta Gomez. I also love the Irish folk singer Mary Black. Other favorites include Chet Baker, Eva Cassidy, and Billie Holiday.
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God deals us all different hands. How we play 'em is up to us.
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I reached my full height at age 11, and I was clumsy as all get-out - all elbows and knees, couldn't get up a flight of stairs without falling down. I wanted to be a cute, petite blonde, but I'm a big ol' strapping thing, so I just accept it.
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My life is not just about the past.
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Whenever I'm reading a book I enjoy, I always develop a mental list of the people I want to share it with.
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