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Jeannette Walls
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: April 21
Journalist
Writer
Phoenix
Arizona
Interesting
Past
Always
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I wanted to let the world know that no one had a perfect life, that even the people who seemed to have it all had their secrets.
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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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Dad was a philosopher and had what he called his Theory of Purpose, which held that everything in life had a purpose, and unless it achieved that purpose, it was just taking up space on the planet and wasting everybody's time.
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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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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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Too much hard luck can create a permanent meanness of spirit in any creature.
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I believe that everyone has some huge talent in them the really lucky ones discover what it is.
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I never had any question that my parents loved me. I had a real sense of self confidence.
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In my opinion, trying to guess what readers want is the wrong approach. You have to tell your story as best you can and as true to yourself as possible. You have to be honest and fair and vulnerable and foolish and brave, and not care what anyone thinks of it.
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...even though I was getting better education at home than any of the kids in Toyah, I'd need to go to finishing school when I was thirteen, both to acquire social graces and to earn a diploma. Because in this world, Dad said, it's not enough to have a fine education. You need a piece of paper to prove you go it.
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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 found out that people are incredibly compassionate and kind. It really changed my view of the world.
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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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Mom also hinted a couple of times that it was good I was going to college, since with one failed marriage behind me, I 'd have trouble landing a good husband and would need something to fall back on. A package that's been opened once doesn't have the same appeal.
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I hadn’t been paying much attention to things like the sunrise, but that old sun had been coming up anyway. It didn’t really care how I felt, it was going to rise and set regardless of whether I noticed it, and if I was going to enjoy it, that was up to me.
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Don't be afraid of your dark places. ... If you can shine a light on them, you'll find treasure there.
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God deals us all different hands. How we play 'em is up to us.
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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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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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