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One thing about whoring: It put a chicken on the table.

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Jeannette Walls
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: April 21
Journalist
Writer
Phoenix
Arizona
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Whoring
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What I do know is that wondering why you survived don't help you survive.
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Too much hard luck can create a permanent meanness of spirit in any creature.
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Life's too short to care about what other people think. Besides, they should accept us for who we are
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