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money does not guarantee happiness or peace of mind, it can take your mind off things, distract you, but it can't replace the generic stuff a person needs!

Terry McMillan

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Terry McMillan
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: October 18
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I let my characters do the talking, simple as that.
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I don't let negative criticism, for the most part, bother me.
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I've got tons of irreplaceable information inside the soul of this computer.
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I love writing in first person more than third. I have to basically suspend my own world. I don't exist. I'm just a conduit. So I can be eight years old. I can be the mother of a kid that you find out certain things I'm not going to say.
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My stories are character driven.
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People need to be re - sometimes we need to reinvent ourselves and then get reacquainted with our better selves.
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It's amazing how we can make ourselves believe what we want to.
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Writing is the only place I can be myself and not feel judged.
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Sometimes I cheat and buy things I used to make from scratch and just doctor them up.
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The best rush in the world is getting something at 80 percent off.
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Parents can ruin children, and sometimes that's a learned behavior. Sometimes you can't blame your parents for it, sometimes you can. I think to me, that's what the whole paradox is, is people that have children that don't even know how to raise them.
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I'm not trying to be a middle aged centerfold, I just want to look at myself naked and not be disgusted.
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don't sabotage your own greatness by succumbing to failure!
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I used to get a lot of letters from prisoners. It used to get on my nerves. Especially family members. Everybody's innocent.
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I'm more interested in interpersonal relationships - between lovers families, siblings. That's why I write about how we treat each other.
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I would like to think that as a result of not just my own experiences, but at least being empathetic and compassionate about other people's experiences and plights and tragedies, that I am affected by it and learn from it.
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People like to run their mouths.
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Pay attention to the things that agitate you. It will tell you a lot about yourself.
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I also discovered that you can get used to a man , much like you do a household pet!
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