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You have to find the redeeming quality and love the person for that.

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Jeannette Walls
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: April 21
Journalist
Writer
Phoenix
Arizona
Persons
Person
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Redeeming
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Too much hard luck can create a permanent meanness of spirit in any creature.
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God deals us all different hands. How we play 'em is up to us.
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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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I believe that everyone has some huge talent in them the really lucky ones discover what it is.
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