Terry McMillan Quotes

I don't live my life as a writer. I'm a mother, an African-American woman, and I do everything that everybody else does - cook and a little bit of cleaning.

Terry McMillan

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 18, 1951

Topics

LifeMotherLiveWomanMy LifeCook

Some movie I was in, I forget which one, some awful little movie, a reviewer said, What is Jessica Walter doing in this movie? And I said, Hello? Trying to make a living?

Jessica Walter

DoingTryingSaidForgetLiving

I'd love to get in a room with Kanye at some point, have a conversation, and see if something cooks up.

Andy Mineo

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Film and theater are about misdirection and making the audience see something. I find it interesting. One of the things we do in 'True Blood' is shoot all of our stunts in camera. Instead of doing some kind of visual effect, we try to make it happen.

Stephen Moyer

Make It HappenInterestingDoingFind

Many think of memory as rote learning, a linear stuffing of the brain with facts, where understanding is irrelevant. When you teach it properly, with imagination and association, understanding becomes a part of it.

Tony Buzan

LearningImaginationMemoryBrain

I love 'Dr Strangelove.'

Jon M. Chu

LoveI LoveDr

Stability and a prosperous life cannot be set off against a set of political rights and freedoms.

Dmitry Medvedev

LifePoliticalRightsStabilityOff

I guess I look so straight and normal, nobody expects me to pick my nose and fall.

Chevy Chase

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'Zone One' comes out of me trying to work through some of my ideas about why, for me personally, zombies are scary.

Colson Whitehead

WorkMeIdeasTryingWhyScary

I don't know if I see myself as an actress for the rest of my life.

Clemence Poesy

LifeMyselfRestMy LifeKnowSee

I had been playing for a while, and I asked Louisville Slugger to send me a dozen flame treated bats. But when I got it, I realized they had sent me a box of ashes.

Bob Uecker

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Join me in my quest for a greater understanding of our existence. Join me in my desire for a greater self. Join me as I seek the humility to love and understand my fellow man.

Bryant H. McGill

LoveManHumilityMeSelfDesire

Head and neck injuries are what parents thinking about letting their children play tackle football should be thinking about, talking about, and demanding answers about, from any coach presenting himself as a worthy custodian for their child's introduction to tackle football.

Peter Berg

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