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She had her addictions and one of them was reading.

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Jeannette Walls
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: April 21
Journalist
Writer
Phoenix
Arizona
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I'm a big believer in luck - the harder you work, the luckier you become.
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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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I always wanted to be a serious journalist.
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But the positive thoughts would give way to negative thoughts, and the negative thoughts seemed to swoop into her mind the way a big flock of black crows takes over the landscape, sitting thick in the trees and on the fence rails and lawns, staring at you in ominous silence.
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What I do know is that wondering why you survived don't help you survive.
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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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When I got a little older, I started writing for the high school newspaper, The Maroon Wave, and that's when I fell in love with journalism.
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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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If you don't think you're hurt, then you aren't
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But no matter how much planning you do, one tiny miscalculation, one moment of distraction, can end it all in an instant.
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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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One of the most challenging aspects of writing a memoir is finding your own voice, and you should be very careful about being influenced by someone else's voice.
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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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My older sister achieved her dream of being an artist. She's an illustrator living in Manhattan.
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It's the Joshua tree's struggle that gives it its beauty.
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