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I would be content being a housewife if I could find the kind of man who wouldn't treat me like one.
Terry McMillan
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Terry McMillan
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: October 18
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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 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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Pay attention to the things that agitate you. It will tell you a lot about yourself.
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I let my characters do the talking, simple as that.
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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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I want to push the fast-forward button until I get back to happy.
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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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Writing is the only place I can be myself and not feel judged.
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Folks want to glow, to leave their worries and dead skin behind.
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I like doing the readings and the autographing, but the interviewing gets a little tedious because you get asked the same questions every day and sometimes three or four times a day.
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I've got tons of irreplaceable information inside the soul of this computer.
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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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