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God deals us all different hands. How we play 'em is up to us.

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Jeannette Walls
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: April 21
Journalist
Writer
Phoenix
Arizona
Ems
Deals
Hands
Play
Different

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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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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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You'll never make a fortune working for the boss man.
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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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Don't you make fun of me or my children! Some babies are premature. Mine were all postmature. That's why they're so smart. Their brains had longer to develop.
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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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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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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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It's the Joshua tree's struggle that gives it its beauty.
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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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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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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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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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The dangerous falls were the ones that happened so fast you didn't have time to react
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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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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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Maybe I should have cut him some slack. With his broken wing and lifetime of eating roadkill, he probably had a lot to be ungrateful about. Too much hard luck can create a permanent meanness of spirit in any creature.
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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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She had her addictions and one of them was reading.
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