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You'll never make a fortune working for the boss man.

Jeannette Walls

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Jeannette Walls
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: April 21
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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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Don't worry, God understands,' Mom said. 'He knows that your father is a cross we must bear.
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We're stronger than we realize.
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Life's too short to care about what other people think. Besides, they should accept us for who we are
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If you don't think you're hurt, then you aren't
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She had her addictions and one of them was reading.
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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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Things usually work out in the end. What if they don't? That just means you haven't come to the end yet.
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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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It's really not that hard to put food on the table if that's what you decide to do.
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It's the Joshua tree's struggle that gives it its beauty.
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Why spend the afternoon making a meal that will be gone in an hour, she'd ask us, when in the same amount of time, I can do a painting that will last forever?
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Dad was a philosopher and had what he called his Theory of Purpose, which held that everything in life had a purpose, and unless it achieved that purpose, it was just taking up space on the planet and wasting everybody's time.
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Mom could say that in hindsight, but it seemed to me that when you were in the middle of something, it was awful hard to figure out what part of it was God's will and what wasn't.
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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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I was so worried that people wouldn't like me or my story.
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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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Horses were never wrong. They always did what they did for a reason, and it was up to you to figure it out.
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You have to find the redeeming quality and love the person for that.
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