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She never felt sorry for herself, and that was something I decided I admired most in people.
Jeannette Walls
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Jeannette Walls
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: April 21
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My advice to anyone is to figure out what you're good at - what it is that you love doing the most in life - and figure out a way to make a living from it.
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No one expected you to amount to much, she told me. Lori was the smart one, Maureen the pretty one, and Brian the brave one. You never had much going for you except that you always worked hard.
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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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[Optimism] acts as a self-fulfilling prophecy.
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One thing about whoring: It put a chicken on the table.
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She wore tight corsets to give her a teeny waist - I helped her lace them up - but they had the effect of causing her to faint. Mom called it the vapors and said it was a sign of her high breeding and delicate nature. I thought it was a sign that the corset made it hard to breathe.
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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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Whoever coined the phrase 'a man's got to play the hand that was dealt him' was most certainly one piss-poor bluffer.
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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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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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Life's too short to care about what other people think. Besides, they should accept us for who we are
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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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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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It's the Joshua tree's struggle that gives it its beauty.
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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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What I do know is that wondering why you survived don't help you survive.
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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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Everything in life is gray, you know.
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Too much hard luck can create a permanent meanness of spirit in any creature.
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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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