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I'm a big believer in luck - the harder you work, the luckier you become.

Jeannette Walls

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Jeannette Walls
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: April 21
Journalist
Writer
Phoenix
Arizona
Harder
Bigs
Become
Work
Luckier
Believer
Luck

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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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Life is a drama full of tragedy and comedy. You should learn to enjoy the comic episodes a little more.
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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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[Optimism] acts as a self-fulfilling prophecy.
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If you don't think you're hurt, then you aren't
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She never felt sorry for herself, and that was something I decided I admired most in people.
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I find books that have a moral and spiritual center, that speak to what is really important and lasting, hugely appealing.
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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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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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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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Anyone who thinks he's too small to make a difference has never been bit by a mosquito
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God deals us all different hands. How we play 'em is up to us.
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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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I was so worried that people wouldn't like me or my story.
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What I do know is that wondering why you survived don't help you survive.
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You'll never make a fortune working for the boss man.
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