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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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It's amazing how we can make ourselves believe what we want to.
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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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I let my characters do the talking, simple as that.
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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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