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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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Port Huron
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happiness aint got no Ph.D. or no certain amount of zeroes behind it!
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I let my characters do the talking, simple as that.
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I would be content being a housewife if I could find the kind of man who wouldn't treat me like one.
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Writing is the only place I can be myself and not feel judged.
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I don't trust white critics' judgment about most things that deal with black life, particularly when a black person is the creator.
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