T. D. Jakes Quotes
The critic is a prisoner to his own experiences and perspectives, erroneously believing his limited experiences are the sum of all truth
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I was raised to believe that New England is the best place on the planet.
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The books that help you most are those which make you think that most. The hardest way of learning is that of easy reading; but a great book that comes from a great thinker is a ship of thought, deep freighted with truth and beauty.
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Long term I do believe internationally there is a huge misunderstanding of Russia.
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I love the perspective afforded by having lived five decades, a degree of bemused and muted calm, a relief from the insistent demands of a turbulent ego and rampant ambition. I'd love to stay here forever. But something tells me that 50 is a sunny idyll, a temporary state of grace, a golden afternoon.
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My perspective was always being on a number one show doesn't mean anything if I'm not still working consistently at 40 to 50 and 60 years old.
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I know how ridiculous this sounds because of the job I do but I don't believe in romanticism and make-believe.
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I'm not a big fan of romantic comedies, believe it or not.
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Whenever societies do well, they believe that there is something in their cultural DNA that made it happen.
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Seen from the United States or Europe, Iran's nuclear program often causes most concern, but from the perspective of countries in the Asia-Pacific region, the North Korean program is equally worrying.
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I held a conference in Harvard where Americans said they didn't believe in risk. They thought it was just European hysteria. Then the terrorist attacks happened and there was a complete conversion. Suddenly terrorism was the central risk.
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If you believe that markets operate in Alan Greenspan fashion, then you don't inquire into the details.
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Truly, love is delightful and pleasant food, supplying, as it does, rest to the weary, strength to the weak, and joy to the sorrowful. It in fact renders the yoke of truth easy and its burden light.
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Yes, I believe the will is very important. It's how I have succeeded in life.
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I like connecting the abstract to the concrete. There's a tension in that. I believe the reader or listener should be able to enter the poem as a participant. So I try to get past resolving poems.
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It's difficult to tell the truth about how a book begins. The truth, as far as it can be presented to other people, is either wholly banal or too intimate.
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You don't have to be scared of me, because I am loyal. Why are people so scared of creative ideas and so scared of truth? All I want to do is do good.
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Teachers believe they have a gift for giving; it drives them with the same irrepressible drive that drives others to create a work of art or a market or a building.
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And I don't believe that melodramatic feelings are laughable - they should be taken absolutely seriously.
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One of Satan's most deceptive and powerful ways of defeating us is to get us to believe a lie. And the biggest lie is that there are no consequences to our own doing. Satan will give you whatever you ask for if it will lead you where he ultimately wants you.
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I've never felt a desire (and I don't believe I ever shall) to bring the public to my work... a certain popularity seems to me the least desirable of things.
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With any actor, if you know your character well enough, you'll know pretty much what he would say under any circumstance, or whatever situation might rear its head.
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I never thought modeling would become my career. I thought it was something I'd do to pay my way through college.
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People lost the capacity of using their brain. It's all about the label. Not about the labels showing but subtlety of the labels.
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The critic is a prisoner to his own experiences and perspectives, erroneously believing his limited experiences are the sum of all truth
