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At least be a nice lesbian or you're going to give the rest a bad rap.

Terry McMillan

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Terry McMillan
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: October 18
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Novelist
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Port Huron
Michigan
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Lesbian
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I don't let negative criticism, for the most part, bother me.
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People like to run their mouths.
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