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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
Author
Novelist
Screenwriter
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Port Huron
Michigan
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Folks want to glow, to leave their worries and dead skin behind.
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