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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
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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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It's the Joshua tree's struggle that gives it its beauty.
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I'm a big believer in luck - the harder you work, the luckier you become.
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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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Don't worry, God understands,' Mom said. 'He knows that your father is a cross we must bear.
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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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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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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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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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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 found out that people are incredibly compassionate and kind. It really changed my view of the world.
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We're stronger than we realize.
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Living there [Horse Mesa] was like living in a natural cathedral. Waking up every morning, you walked outside and looked down at the blue lake, then up at the sandstone cliffs--those awe-inspiring layers of red and yellow rock shaped over the millennia, with dozens of black-streaked crevices that temporarily became waterfalls after rainstorms.
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Life's too short to care about what other people think. Besides, they should accept us for who we are
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Don't be afraid of your dark places. ... If you can shine a light on them, you'll find treasure there.
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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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Life is a drama full of tragedy and comedy. You should learn to enjoy the comic episodes a little more.
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When I got a little older, I started writing for the high school newspaper, The Maroon Wave, and that's when I fell in love with journalism.
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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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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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