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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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We laughed about all the kids who believed in the Santa Clause myth and got nothing but a bunch of cheap plastic toys. 'Years from now, when all the junk they got is broken and long forgotten,' Dad said, ' you'll still have your stars.
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You West Virginia girls are one tough breed, he said. You got that right, I told him.
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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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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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....he said it was interesting. He used the word 'textured'. He said 'smooth' is boring but 'textured' was interesting, and the scar meant that I was stronger than whatever had tried to hurt me.
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No one expected you to amount to much, she told me. Lori was the smart one, Maureen the pretty one, and Brian the brave one. You never had much going for you except that you always worked hard.
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