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I was so worried that people wouldn't like me or my story.

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Jeannette Walls
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: April 21
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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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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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The dangerous falls were the ones that happened so fast you didn't have time to react
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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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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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I wanted to let the world know that no one had a perfect life, that even the people who seemed to have it all had their secrets.
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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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Fussing over children who cry only encourages them. That's positive reinforcement for negative behavior.
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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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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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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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I always wanted to be a serious journalist.
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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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It's really not that hard to put food on the table if that's what you decide to do.
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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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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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Things usually work out in the end. What if they don't? That just means you haven't come to the end yet.
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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 life is not just about the past.
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Interesting people always have a past.
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