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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
Writer
Port Huron
Michigan
Rush
Percent
Getting
Best
Something
World

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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 always have something to say about what you do and how you do it.
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Folks want to glow, to leave their worries and dead skin behind.
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It's amazing how we can make ourselves believe what we want to.
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I want to push the fast-forward button until I get back to happy.
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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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Wherever there's a prison, for the most part, especially where there's Black people, it's overcrowded. I don't know who really gets out.
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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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Back then I confused passions and orgasms with love. It look me years to realize the two weren't synonymous.
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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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I let my characters do the talking, simple as that.
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I've got tons of irreplaceable information inside the soul of this computer.
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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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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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Pay attention to the things that agitate you. It will tell you a lot about yourself.
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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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Good parents have children who do terrible things and vice-versa.
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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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My stories are character driven.
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