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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
Really
Discover
Lucky
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Talent
Huge
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...even though I was getting better education at home than any of the kids in Toyah, I'd need to go to finishing school when I was thirteen, both to acquire social graces and to earn a diploma. Because in this world, Dad said, it's not enough to have a fine education. You need a piece of paper to prove you go it.
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What I do know is that wondering why you survived don't help you survive.
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