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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
Author
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Port Huron
Michigan
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Lesbian
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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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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 take what people feel and think, especially when it's different from, very seriously, and I find it liberating.
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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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What I do know is sometimes we love the wrong people and sometimes we marry them.
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Writing is the only place I can be myself and not feel judged.
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It's amazing how we can make ourselves believe what we want to.
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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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Folks want to glow, to leave their worries and dead skin behind.
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I want to push the fast-forward button until I get back to happy.
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People like to run their mouths.
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The best rush in the world is getting something at 80 percent off.
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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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