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People like to run their mouths.

Terry McMillan

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Terry McMillan
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: October 18
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Port Huron
Michigan
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It goes without saying that your friends are usually the first to discuss your personal business behind your back.
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I used to get a lot of letters from prisoners. It used to get on my nerves. Especially family members. Everybody's innocent.
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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.
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I want to push the fast-forward button until I get back to happy.
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I try to create characters that I am fascinated by on some level or intrigued by or can't stand.
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I love writing in first person more than third. I have to basically suspend my own world. I don't exist. I'm just a conduit. So I can be eight years old. I can be the mother of a kid that you find out certain things I'm not going to say.
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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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Writing is my shelter. I don't hide behind the words I use them to dig inside my heart to find the truth.
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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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People need to be re - sometimes we need to reinvent ourselves and then get reacquainted with our better selves.
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don't sabotage your own greatness by succumbing to failure!
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