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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
Much
Meanness
Creature
Permanent
Luck
Creatures
Create
Spirit
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