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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.

Terry McMillan

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Terry McMillan
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: October 18
Author
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Port Huron
Michigan
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