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The best rush in the world is getting something at 80 percent off.

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Terry McMillan
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: October 18
Author
Novelist
Screenwriter
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Port Huron
Michigan
World
Rush
Percent
Getting
Best
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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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You know, one of my fears about living alone so long is that you get used to doing everything your own way.
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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'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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My stories are character driven.
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At least be a nice lesbian or you're going to give the rest a bad rap.
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Writing is my shelter. I don't hide behind the words I use them to dig inside my heart to find the truth.
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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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Good parents have children who do terrible things and vice-versa.
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I was tired of chasing ghosts, hollow men who were outside my comfort zone, men who had nothing to give me except a rush. It was all I asked for, and all I ever got.
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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 want to push the fast-forward button until I get back to happy.
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It's amazing how we can make ourselves believe what we want to.
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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 also discovered that you can get used to a man , much like you do a household pet!
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Cruising the Internet doesn't count as writing. Neither does answering e-mail. Before you check Twitter & FB and do other similar tasks that get in the way of writing, write first. (I really need to take my own advice here!)
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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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I take what people feel and think, especially when it's different from, very seriously, and I find it liberating.
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Pay attention to the things that agitate you. It will tell you a lot about yourself.
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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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