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Too much hard luck can create a permanent meanness of spirit in any creature.

Jeannette Walls

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Jeannette Walls
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: April 21
Journalist
Writer
Phoenix
Arizona
Spirit
Hard
Much
Meanness
Creature
Permanent
Luck
Creatures
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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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[Optimism] acts as a self-fulfilling prophecy.
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That was the thing to remember about all monsters, They love to frighten people, but the minute you stare them down, they turn tail and run.
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What I do know is that wondering why you survived don't help you survive.
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You have to find the redeeming quality and love the person for that.
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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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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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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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....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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My life is not just about the past.
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I'm a big believer in luck - the harder you work, the luckier you become.
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It's the Joshua tree's struggle that gives it its beauty.
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Anyone who thinks he's too small to make a difference has never been bit by a mosquito
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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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My older sister achieved her dream of being an artist. She's an illustrator living in Manhattan.
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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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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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She never felt sorry for herself, and that was something I decided I admired most in people.
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