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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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Jeannette Walls
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: April 21
Journalist
Writer
Phoenix
Arizona
Believe
Really
Discover
Lucky
Ones
Talent
Huge
Everyone

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Everything in life is gray, you know.
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You have to find the redeeming quality and love the person for that.
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We're stronger than we realize.
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I reached my full height at age 11, and I was clumsy as all get-out - all elbows and knees, couldn't get up a flight of stairs without falling down. I wanted to be a cute, petite blonde, but I'm a big ol' strapping thing, so I just accept it.
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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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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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You West Virginia girls are one tough breed, he said. You got that right, I told him.
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Why spend the afternoon making a meal that will be gone in an hour, she'd ask us, when in the same amount of time, I can do a painting that will last forever?
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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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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 listen to music mostly in the evening. I've come to love what is called world music, like the Zimbabwean Oliver Mtukudzi and the Colombian singer Marta Gomez. I also love the Irish folk singer Mary Black. Other favorites include Chet Baker, Eva Cassidy, and Billie Holiday.
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No one expected you to amount to much, she told me. Lori was the smart one, Maureen the pretty one, and Brian the brave one. You never had much going for you except that you always worked hard.
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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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I found out that people are incredibly compassionate and kind. It really changed my view of the world.
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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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My life is not just about the past.
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Too much hard luck can create a permanent meanness of spirit in any creature.
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