Jeannette Walls Quotes

I find books that have a moral and spiritual center, that speak to what is really important and lasting, hugely appealing.

Jeannette Walls

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 21, 1960

Topics

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When I think about how I grew up sleeping on a cot in the hallway in a one-bedroom apartment in Flatbush, it's been a great life. I can't complain.

Jerry Reinsdorf

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Well, I took ballet for many, many years, so my whole childhood really revolved around dance class. I grew up around dance; my mother was a dancer.

Amy Sherman-Palladino

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When you wrestle for 15 years, you don't want to go back to driving that forklift.

Stone Cold Steve Austin

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In our Constitution governmental power is divided among three separate branches of the national government, three separate branches of State governments, and the peoples of the several States.

Robert W. Welch, Jr.

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Generally, the songs that are the scariest ones are the ones that people connect to.

Mat Kearney

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Without meditation, I'd probably be dead.

Mike Love

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The gospel of Jesus Christ is more enduring than fame, more precious than riches, more to be desired than happiness.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

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My writing ability all stems from the blues.

Christine McVie

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No society lies nearer to the cyclonic path of the forces of world change than the United States, and few societies are more intellectually aware of the nature of the issues that have to be faced.

Christopher Dawson

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I was so anxious for it to be my turn, for the manager to read the letter from my mum. I waited and waited for it. The manager had spoken to the mothers of every player in the team; he'd been reading a message before every game for months, and finally my turn had come.

Philippe Coutinho

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Like every other industry or institution, the journalism world is populated by the petty and fearful, in addition to the courageous and brilliant.

Peter Landesman

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I need someone to woo me. Magazines are always saying I am beautiful and millions of men want to woo me, but none has come forward because they are all so scared.

Shilpa Shetty

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