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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.
Jeannette Walls
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Jeannette Walls
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: April 21
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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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Unlike diamonds, watches were practical. They were for people on the run, people with appointments to keep and schedules to meet.
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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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One thing about whoring: It put a chicken on the table.
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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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[Optimism] acts as a self-fulfilling prophecy.
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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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My life is not just about the past.
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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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Teaching is a calling too. And I've always thought that teachers in their way are holy - angels leading their flocks out of the darkness.
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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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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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