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don't sabotage your own greatness by succumbing to failure!

Terry McMillan

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Terry McMillan
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: October 18
Author
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Port Huron
Michigan
Sabotage
Greatness
Failure
Succumbing

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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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It goes without saying that your friends are usually the first to discuss your personal business behind your back.
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We never thought some guy would deliberately fill our hearts with brown sugar and then pour hot water all over it.
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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 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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I want to push the fast-forward button until I get back to happy.
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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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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!
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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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I've got tons of irreplaceable information inside the soul of this computer.
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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 try to create characters that I am fascinated by on some level or intrigued by or can't stand.
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I don't let negative criticism, for the most part, bother me.
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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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I just believe that young people need to be able to learn how to write in their own voice. Just like a musician, you pride yourself on having your own distinct sound.
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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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Good parents have children who do terrible things and vice-versa.
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My stories are character driven.
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I been saying it for years: church is full of sneaky men posing as honest souls, and they are perpetuators our here looking for women just like you, with giant holes in your hearts, and they can smell when you got a good job and when you lonely as hell.
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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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