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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
Journalist
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Phoenix
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If you don't think you're hurt, then you aren't
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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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My life is not just about the past.
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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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...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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You should never hate anyone, even your worst enemies. Everyone has something good about them. You have to find the redeeming quality and love the person for that.
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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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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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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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I was so worried that people wouldn't like me or my story.
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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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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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Mom told us we would have to go shoplifting. Isn't that a sin? I asked Mom. Not exactly, Mom said. God doesn't mind you bending the rules a little if you have a good reason. It's sort of like justifiable homicide. This is justifiable pilfering.
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You have to find the redeeming quality and love the person for that.
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I'm a big believer in luck - the harder you work, the luckier you become.
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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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She had her addictions and one of them was reading.
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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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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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