Thomas Kinkade Quotes
Beautiful objects, ideas, even beautiful people all share the power to lift the spirits and motivate creativity while at the same time soothing the soul.
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Because we always have to wear a uniform to compete, my teammates and I look the exact same. My belt is the only accessory that I get to choose. I usually wear a yellow cloth belt with cherries or a leather belt with a beautiful tree buckle that I got at a thrift store.
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I like to put a stake in people, because I know people helped me.
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The way I'm portrayed on the Internet is partly my doing, but it's partly the people that are presenting it so, you know, people come to know this strange version of a human. It can be pretty weird because people think I'm digging through dumpsters and smell like crap all the time.
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Surround yourself with people who provide you with support and love and remember to give back as much as you can in return.
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Scientists and academics in particular focus on detail and the minutiae. When they talk to each other, they usually don't focus on the broad ideas; they don't focus on social interconnectedness. They focus on the task that they're doing.
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Music is really something that makes people whole.
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India profoundly changed my outlook on life because you see how people can be content and very happy with little or even no possessions. It's the reverse of the West.
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I can't control what people think. They know who I am.
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I don't want to go about offending people; that's not my plan.
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Today, when you're marketing a brand, you can't try to appeal to everybody. You should speak to a group of people and create them as loyalists.
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It always amazes me when I see young people with raw talent and passion.
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Rich people march on Washington every day.
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A lot of people love to do affirmations first thing in the morning - to keep themselves feeling peppy and positive.
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Some people bear three kinds of trouble - the ones they've had, the ones they have, and the ones they expect to have.
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With young people, I always say, 'You're not doing anyone any favours by withholding your power.' As women, we do that a lot because we are afraid of being misunderstood or perceived as too strong. But the older I'm getting, the more I realise you have to let that go.
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People saw me as just a singer – yeah, a pretty face who could sing – and not more than that.
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It is not your strength and your natural power that subjects all these people to you. Do not pretend then to rule them by force or to treat them with harshness. Satisfy their reasonable desires; alleviate their necessities; let your pleasure consist in being beneficent; advance them as much as you can, and you will act like the true king of desire.
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I wanted to write joyful music that made other people feel good. That’s what I tried to do for the past 27 years.
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I'm sure there was some part of his soul was intrinsically happy, but he probably had to go through some permutations to really get that to blossom. I'm sure Dad had his challenges, but I think that joy was there from the beginning and he had to find a way to make his life support that and express that.
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I'm always in my pajamas, unless I know for a fact that people are taking my picture.
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We have to remember that people are free to love who they want to love. That also means that black women are free to love who they want to love.
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I wanted people to connect with the lyrics, even if it's in some weird way, because they're all personal.
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The most wonderful time to be in the art world was in the sixties, because it wasn't a business - there was no business of doing art.
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Beautiful objects, ideas, even beautiful people all share the power to lift the spirits and motivate creativity while at the same time soothing the soul.
