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Sometimes I cheat and buy things I used to make from scratch and just doctor them up.

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Terry McMillan
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: October 18
Author
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Port Huron
Michigan
Used
Sometimes
Make
Scratch
Things
Scratches
Cheat
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Doctors

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