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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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Jeannette Walls
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: April 21
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I always wanted to be a serious journalist.
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You have to find the redeeming quality and love the person for that.
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Living there [Horse Mesa] was like living in a natural cathedral. Waking up every morning, you walked outside and looked down at the blue lake, then up at the sandstone cliffs--those awe-inspiring layers of red and yellow rock shaped over the millennia, with dozens of black-streaked crevices that temporarily became waterfalls after rainstorms.
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One benefit of Summer was that each day we had more light to read by.
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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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Life is a drama full of tragedy and comedy. You should learn to enjoy the comic episodes a little more.
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I was so worried that people wouldn't like me or my story.
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Too much hard luck can create a permanent meanness of spirit in any creature.
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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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You can't cling to the side your whole life, that one lesson every parent needs to teach a child is If you don't want to sink, you better figure out how to swim
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Interesting people always have a past.
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Don't worry, God understands,' Mom said. 'He knows that your father is a cross we must bear.
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Horses were never wrong. They always did what they did for a reason, and it was up to you to figure it out.
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What I do know is that wondering why you survived don't help you survive.
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It's really not that hard to put food on the table if that's what you decide to do.
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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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We laughed about all the kids who believed in the Santa Clause myth and got nothing but a bunch of cheap plastic toys. 'Years from now, when all the junk they got is broken and long forgotten,' Dad said, ' you'll still have your stars.
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I'm a big believer in luck - the harder you work, the luckier you become.
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Mom always said people worried too much about their children. Suffering when you are young is good for you, she said. It immunized your body and your soul.
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