Terry McMillan Quotes

Let me put it this way: when I read, I learned the world was not as small as my house. And that everybody in my home town was not representative of the way people in the world were raised. And that was what saved me.

Terry McMillan

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

HomePeopleMeWorldSmallHouse

One futuristic novel that had a huge impact on me was Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein,' which is kind of science fiction plus Gothic.

Jennifer Egan

ScienceMeImpactKindFiction

Given how well the cards have been dealt to someone like myself, I think there's an inherent obligation to try to reach out and make a difference.

Max Walker

MyselfThinkReachMake A Difference

If the press really thinks Obama is Lincoln, they ought to treat him like they treated Bush, 'cause that's how they treated Lincoln. His critics compared Lincoln to an ape; they called him an illiterate baboon.

Ann Coulter

TreatHimCriticsPressLikeCause

I represent the 9th Congressional District of Georgia. I'm their voice.

Tom Graves

VoiceGeorgiaRepresentCongressional

Linebacking is easy. Hike the ball, and I know where to go.

Rolando McClain

EasyGoKnowBallWhereHike

China was not at all what I expected it to be. I had an image of China as a very quaint and mysterious and peaceful place. Well, it's quaint and mysterious in some respects, but not in the ways I had thought. The people are mysterious. They don't often tell you what they feel.

Rosemary Mahoney

PeopleThoughtFeelYouPeaceful

Churchill didn't dance around the Nazis; he called it fascism.

Michael McCaul

DanceFascismHeAroundChurchill

People have always been resistant to change. If you go back to the 17th, 18th century, playing guitar was frowned upon. When rock n' roll first started, no one took it seriously.

Moby

ChangePeopleGuitarYouBackRock

Drake doesn't realize, in many ways, he was like the big brother I never had. He set the example and paved the way for me to be myself. Now, whether I'm at the Grammys or whether I'm here or there or whatever, he'll show me love... People don't realize what that's like, what that means.

Logic

LoveMyselfBrotherPeopleMeWay

You must understand that seeing is believing, but also know that believing is seeing.

Denis Waitley

YouSeeingKnowBelievingUnderstand

I love cooking. Not for myself alone. Cooking is about giving.

Christine Lagarde

LoveAloneMyselfCookingGiving

Governing isn't as easy as you think. Many of you have taken pledges that are contradictory - to balance the budget and cut taxes, for example. You must be honest about the numbers, since our annual deficit now exceeds all discretionary spending combined.

Brian Baird

BalanceThinkBudgetEasyYouNow

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