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It's amazing how we can make ourselves believe what we want to.

Terry McMillan

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Terry McMillan
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: October 18
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Novelist
Screenwriter
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Port Huron
Michigan
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I let my characters do the talking, simple as that.
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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 don't let negative criticism, for the most part, bother me.
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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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The best rush in the world is getting something at 80 percent off.
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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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Writing is the only place I can be myself and not feel judged.
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Wherever there's a prison, for the most part, especially where there's Black people, it's overcrowded. I don't know who really gets out.
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Good parents have children who do terrible things and vice-versa.
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I'm not trying to be a middle aged centerfold, I just want to look at myself naked and not be disgusted.
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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 want to push the fast-forward button until I get back to happy.
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We get divorce, we get conned, someone we love dies, or we can't find anybody to love us or somebody breaks our heart and we realize this fairy tale ain't fair. So we suffer.
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