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Folks want to glow, to leave their worries and dead skin behind.

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Terry McMillan
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: October 18
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Port Huron
Michigan
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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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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 try to create characters that I am fascinated by on some level or intrigued by or can't stand.
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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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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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At least be a nice lesbian or you're going to give the rest a bad rap.
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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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The best rush in the world is getting something at 80 percent off.
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don't sabotage your own greatness by succumbing to failure!
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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 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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I've got tons of irreplaceable information inside the soul of this computer.
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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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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 don't let negative criticism, for the most part, bother me.
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