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My advice to anyone is to figure out what you're good at - what it is that you love doing the most in life - and figure out a way to make a living from it.
Jeannette Walls
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Jeannette Walls
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: April 21
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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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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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She never felt sorry for herself, and that was something I decided I admired most in people.
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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 found out that people are incredibly compassionate and kind. It really changed my view of the world.
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Confidence doesn't come from thinking you're perfect or flawless. That's arrogance. Confidence comes from appreciating the beauty of your texture.
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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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The dangerous falls were the ones that happened so fast you didn't have time to react
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I sit down at my desk pretty early in the morning and write all day until about 4 or 5 p.m.
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She had her addictions and one of them was reading.
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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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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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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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You'll never make a fortune working for the boss man.
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Don't worry, God understands,' Mom said. 'He knows that your father is a cross we must bear.
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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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One benefit of Summer was that each day we had more light to read by.
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You have to find the redeeming quality and love the person for that.
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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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I'm a big believer in luck - the harder you work, the luckier you become.
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