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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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Jeannette Walls
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: April 21
Journalist
Writer
Phoenix
Arizona
Short
Accepting
Care
Think
Thinking
Life
People
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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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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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I always wanted to be a serious journalist.
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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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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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[Optimism] acts as a self-fulfilling prophecy.
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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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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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You West Virginia girls are one tough breed, he said. You got that right, I told him.
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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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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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She never felt sorry for herself, and that was something I decided I admired most in people.
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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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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 never had any question that my parents loved me. I had a real sense of self confidence.
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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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Don't worry, God understands,' Mom said. 'He knows that your father is a cross we must bear.
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