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Interesting people always have a past.

Jeannette Walls

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Jeannette Walls
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: April 21
Journalist
Writer
Phoenix
Arizona
People
Interesting
Past
Always

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You have to find the redeeming quality and love the person for that.
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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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One benefit of Summer was that each day we had more light to read by.
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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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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?
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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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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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I find books that have a moral and spiritual center, that speak to what is really important and lasting, hugely appealing.
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She had her addictions and one of them was reading.
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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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I was so worried that people wouldn't like me or my story.
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[Optimism] acts as a self-fulfilling prophecy.
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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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Fussing over children who cry only encourages them. That's positive reinforcement for negative behavior.
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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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That was the thing to remember about all monsters, They love to frighten people, but the minute you stare them down, they turn tail and run.
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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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Too much hard luck can create a permanent meanness of spirit in any creature.
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Everything in life is gray, you know.
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The dangerous falls were the ones that happened so fast you didn't have time to react
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