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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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Terry McMillan
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: October 18
Author
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Port Huron
Michigan
Aged
Naked
Middle
Look
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Trying
Disgusted

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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 let my characters do the talking, simple as that.
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Folks want to glow, to leave their worries and dead skin behind.
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The best rush in the world is getting something at 80 percent off.
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Good parents have children who do terrible things and vice-versa.
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don't sabotage your own greatness by succumbing to failure!
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What I do know is sometimes we love the wrong people and sometimes we marry them.
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People always have something to say about what you do and how you do it.
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We get divorce, we get conned, someone we love dies, or we can't find anybody to love us or somebody breaks our heart and we realize this fairy tale ain't fair. So we suffer.
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I want to push the fast-forward button until I get back to happy.
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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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I've got tons of irreplaceable information inside the soul of this computer.
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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 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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