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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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Jeannette Walls
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: April 21
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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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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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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 people kill themselves, they think they're ending the pain, but all they're doing is passing it on to those they leave behind.
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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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Whoever coined the phrase 'a man's got to play the hand that was dealt him' was most certainly one piss-poor bluffer.
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God deals us all different hands. How we play 'em is up to us.
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Too much hard luck can create a permanent meanness of spirit in any creature.
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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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No child is born a delinquent. They only became that way if nobody loved them when they were kids. Unloved children grow up to be serial murderers or alcoholics.
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My life is not just about the past.
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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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Whenever I'm reading a book I enjoy, I always develop a mental list of the people I want to share it with.
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Since Mom wasn't exactly the most useful person in the world, one lesson I learned at an early age was how to get things done, and this was a source of both amazement and concern for Mom, who considered my behavior unladylike but also counted on me. I never knew a girl to have such gumption, she'd say. But I'm not too sure it's a good thing.
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But no matter how much planning you do, one tiny miscalculation, one moment of distraction, can end it all in an instant.
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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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Mom always said people worried too much about their children. Suffering when you're young is good for you, she said. It immunized your body and your soul, and that was why she ignored us kids when we cried. Fussing over children who cry only encouraged them, she told us. That's positive reinforcement for negative behavior.
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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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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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