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Anyone who thinks he's too small to make a difference has never been bit by a mosquito

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Jeannette Walls
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: April 21
Journalist
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Fussing over children who cry only encourages them. That's positive reinforcement for negative behavior.
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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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Life's too short to care about what other people think. Besides, they should accept us for who we are
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My life is not just about the past.
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You'll never make a fortune working for the boss man.
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You should never hate anyone, even your worst enemies. Everyone has something good about them. You have to find the redeeming quality and love the person for that.
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Teaching is a calling too. And I've always thought that teachers in their way are holy - angels leading their flocks out of the darkness.
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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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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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Why spend the afternoon making a meal that will be gone in an hour, she'd ask us, when in the same amount of time, I can do a painting that will last forever?
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When someone's wounded, the first order of business is to stop the bleeding. You can figure out later how best to help them heal.
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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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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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We're stronger than we realize.
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Mom always said people worried too much about their children. Suffering when you're young is good for you, she said. It immunized your body and your soul, and that was why she ignored us kids when we cried. Fussing over children who cry only encouraged them, she told us. That's positive reinforcement for negative behavior.
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