24 Tracy McMillan Quotes for You to Enjoy

Tracy McMillan

American Author

Born: Sep 12, 1964

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I feel that as long as you're honest, you have the opportunity to grow. It's when you shut down, go into denial, and try to start hiding things from yourself and others, that's when you lock in certain behaviors and attitudes that keep you stuck. Tracy McMillan

I'm a blunt person, not mean-spirited. I come from a place of love, but I'm interested in being real. Tracy McMillan

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Here's the thing: you're not really ready for love until you have enough self-respect that if you met your exact self, but in a guy, you would totally, completely, absolutely want to be with him. Tracy McMillan

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Is our desire for partnership just an evolutionary remainder, a Togetherness Delusion, where millions of women only think they need a relationship to be truly happy? Maybe. But you know what? That's fine with me. Tracy McMillan

All of us, consciously or unconsciously, set out to have the best possible love life. Valentine's Day simply shines a light on the degree to which that didn't - or hasn't yet - materialized. Tracy McMillan

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Work is a different type of pursuit than relationships. You can't take the skills that you know that have gotten you into that great school or into that great job and apply them to your relationships. Tracy McMillan

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I talk to women for a living. It's pretty much what I do with my day. Tracy McMillan

Day Women Living Pretty Talk Much

Being all about me is not a good thing - I don't care what 1978 tried to say - because as long as you mostly think about yourself, you're not going to be a wonderful person. You're just not. Tracy McMillan

For every year past the age of 27, you need to take another step toward commitment somewhere in your life. Instead of freelancing, you get a staff job. Instead of renting, you buy. Fine, instead of couch-surfing, you rent. Tracy McMillan

You can't trick The Universe - it's like Santa Claus that way. Tracy McMillan

You Universe Way Trick Like Santa Santa Claus

Though it's safe to say there are a whole lotta American gals who agree with the core ideals of feminism, they are somehow nevertheless watching 'Say Yes to the Dress' by the millions. Tracy McMillan

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Being in a relationship is a hard, painful slog at least once a week, maybe more often - especially if you have a lot of defenses to let down, or if your parents didn't know how to love you very well. Tracy McMillan

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The deal is: most men just want to marry someone who is nice to them. Tracy McMillan

Men Nice Marry Someone Most Deal Just Want Them Who

People who find that they have a lot of drama in their relationships need to allow themselves to get 'bored'. At first, it will feel excruciating, and they may find themselves confronting a very real fear underneath all that drama: being truly close and therefore vulnerable to another human being. Tracy McMillan

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I think of masculine and feminine energy like two sides to a battery. There's a plus side and a minus side, and in order to make something turn on, you need to have opposites touching. It's the same in relationships. Tracy McMillan

The thing is, relationships never work out... until they do. You learn a lot from relationships that don't work out. Tracy McMillan

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We have this false idea in our culture that if you haven't made it by 30, then you're never going to do anything interesting. My 40s have been the most incredible time of my life. Tracy McMillan

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If I had an office job, I'd probably be doing the exact same thing I'm doing on television: hanging out by the water cooler and talking to co-workers about their relationships. Tracy McMillan

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