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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
Writer
Phoenix
Arizona
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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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I'm a big believer in luck - the harder you work, the luckier you become.
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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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Don't worry, God understands,' Mom said. 'He knows that your father is a cross we must bear.
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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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The dangerous falls were the ones that happened so fast you didn't have time to react
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She had her addictions and one of them was reading.
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I was so worried that people wouldn't like me or my story.
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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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I sit down at my desk pretty early in the morning and write all day until about 4 or 5 p.m.
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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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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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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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I never had any question that my parents loved me. I had a real sense of self confidence.
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Fussing over children who cry only encourages them. That's positive reinforcement for negative behavior.
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What I do know is that wondering why you survived don't help you survive.
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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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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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God deals us all different hands. How we play 'em is up to us.
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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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