Terry McMillan frases

• If you jump to conclusions, you make terrible landings.

  Terry McMillan

  Terrible, Conclusion, Landing

  Terry McMillan (2006). “The Interruption of Everything”, p.412, Penguin

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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.

  Terry McMillan

  Writing, Heart, Use

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• Ser esposa y madre toda la vida me ha permitido el lujo de tener varias carreras: He sido profesora. Chofer. Cocinera. Decoradora de interiores. Arquitecta paisajista y jardinera. He sido pintor. Comprador personal. Contable y banquera. He sido esteticista. Papá Noel. Hada de los Dientes. Crítico de cine. Enfermera. Psicóloga. Un negociador. Un doctorado en Cómo fingir que no te importa.

  Terry McMillan

  Mother, Teacher, Careers

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• Too many of us are hung up on what we don't have, can't have, or won't ever have. We spend too much energy being down, when we could use that same energy – if not less of it – doing, or at least trying to do, some of the things we really want to do.

  Terry McMillan

  Success, Trying, Energy

  Terry McMillan (2012). “Disappearing Acts”, p.158, Penguin

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• I'm the only one who can stop me.. I'm the one who's been sitting at the stoplight all these years, waiting for the light to turn green.

  Terry McMillan

  Luz, Años, Esperar

  Terry McMillan (2006). “The Interruption of Everything”, p.414, Penguin

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• Pay attention to the things that agitate you. It will tell you a lot about yourself.

  Terry McMillan

  Attention, Pay, About Yourself

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

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  Creer, Querer

  Terry McMillan (2006). “The Interruption of Everything”, p.412, Penguin

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• La vida es como un rompecabezas, tienes que ver la imagen completa y luego armarla pieza por pieza.

  Terry McMillan

  Jigsaw Puzzles, Life Is Like, Together

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• don't sabotage your own greatness by succumbing to failure!

  Terry McMillan

  Greatness, Sabotage, Succumbing

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• Escribir es el único lugar donde puedo ser yo misma y no sentirme juzgada.

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  Writing, Feels, I Can

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• As a writer, you get to bring attention to something without preaching. I don't believe in being didactic. So if you dramatize something, you automatically bring attention to it if people read it.

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  Creer, Gente, Atención

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• Write from your heart, and God will take care of the rest.

  Terry McMillan

  Writing, Heart, Care

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• People need to be re - sometimes we need to reinvent ourselves and then get reacquainted with our better selves.

  Terry McMillan

  Yo, Personas, Necesidades

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• My mama taught me that anything worth doing in life should be a little scary.

  Terry McMillan

  Inspirational, Scary, Littles

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• People like to run their mouths.

  Terry McMillan

  Correr, Gente, Bocas

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• Few writers are willing to admit writing is autobiographical.

  Terry McMillan

  Writing, Bedtime, Willing

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• Me gustaría pensar que, como resultado no sólo de mis propias experiencias, sino al menos de mi empatía y compasión por las experiencias, dificultades y tragedias de otras personas, me veo afectado por ellas y aprendo de ellas.

  Terry McMillan

  Thinking, People, Tragedy

  "Author Terry McMillan, Interrupted by Life". "News & Notes" with Ed Gordon, www.npr.org. July 28, 2005.

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• Folks want to glow, to leave their worries and dead skin behind.

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  Worry, Skins, Want

  Terry McMillan (2010). “Getting to Happy”, p.67, Penguin

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• happiness aint got no Ph.D. or no certain amount of zeroes behind it!

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  Certain, Behinds, Amount

  Terry McMillan (2002). “A Day Late and a Dollar Short”, p.222, Penguin

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• People always have something to say about what you do and how you do it.

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  Personas

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• Back then I confused passions and orgasms with love. It look me years to realize the two weren't synonymous.

  Terry McMillan

  Love, Confused, Passion

  Terry McMillan (2010). “Getting to Happy”, p.35, Penguin

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• Parents can ruin children, and sometimes that's a learned behavior. Sometimes you can't blame your parents for it, sometimes you can. I think to me, that's what the whole paradox is, is people that have children that don't even know how to raise them.

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  Niños, Pensamiento, Personas

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• I just believe that young people need to be able to learn how to write in their own voice. Just like a musician, you pride yourself on having your own distinct sound.

  Terry McMillan

  Believe, Writing, Pride

  "Terry McMillan: On The Anguilla Literary Festival & Oprah’s Possible Role In ‘Waiting To Exhale’ Sequel". Interview with Brennan Williams, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 16, 2012.

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• Don't worry about how pretty (the story) sounds, how lilting it is, and the imagery, and the metaphor, all that. Most readers don't care. It's the people in your book that matter.

  Terry McMillan

  Book, People, Worry

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• Look, as my mama always said, 'One monkey don't stop no show.

  Terry McMillan

  Looks, Monkeys, Mama

  Terry McMillan (2010). “Getting to Happy”, p.177, Penguin

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