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My life is not just about the past.

Jeannette Walls

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Jeannette Walls
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: April 21
Journalist
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Phoenix
Arizona
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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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When people kill themselves, they think they're ending the pain, but all they're doing is passing it on to those they leave behind.
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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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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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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 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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Confidence doesn't come from thinking you're perfect or flawless. That's arrogance. Confidence comes from appreciating the beauty of your texture.
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God deals us all different hands. How we play 'em is up to us.
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You have to find the redeeming quality and love the person for that.
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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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...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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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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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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My older sister achieved her dream of being an artist. She's an illustrator living in Manhattan.
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Fussing over children who cry only encourages them. That's positive reinforcement for negative behavior.
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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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You can't cling to the side your whole life, that one lesson every parent needs to teach a child is If you don't want to sink, you better figure out how to swim
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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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It's really not that hard to put food on the table if that's what you decide to do.
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