We'd had books in my house growing up, but we had never had anything like lectures. I had never written an essay for my mother. I had never taken an exam. Because I was working a lot as a kid, I just hadn't elected to read that much.
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I think it's a belief that you can learn something. That's something that I really value from the upbringing I got.
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In families like mine, there is no crime worse than telling the truth.
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My family always spent the warm months bottling fruit for storage, which Dad said we'd need in the Days of Abomination.
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There's a sense of sovereignty that comes from life on a mountain.
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Forgiveness isn't just the absence of anger. I think it's also the presence of self-love, when you actually begin to value yourself.
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