T. D. Jakes Quotes
Surround yourself with people whose definition of you is not based on your history, but your destiny.
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Over the years I have learned that what is important in a dress is the woman who is wearing it.
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I did some theater as a kid for fun. But it was really by chance that I landed into acting.
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Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
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Thus, the poet's word is beginning to strike forcefully upon the hearts of all men, while absolute men of letters think that they alone live in the real world.
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Catholicism played such a huge part in my life, I would not have survived without my faith.
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Insults are the business of the court.
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Every woman must own her story; otherwise we are all part of the silence.
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One of the things that would be great is to some day have so many women comedy writers that we wouldn't say there's just one type of female humor. There's lots.
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Intimacy is something to be cherished, and intimacy is not something to be afraid of.
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I was always looking to record, but how much I actually pursued it was another thing. The major labels weren't that interested in me, and the smaller labels didn't have any money to do anything.
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I have a relative who is also gay. We can't help it if they were born that way.
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I'm more offended when someone's killed on television than when there's something that's sensuous or sexual. So what?
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If a man is pictured chopping off a woman's breast, it only gets a R rating, but if, God forbid, a man is pictured kissing a woman's breast, it gets an X rating. Why is violence more acceptable than tenderness?
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My father was dark skinned because he was Tatar. Sometimes Tatars can look Brazilian.
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When I hung up my toe shoes, I didn't look back. In all my years, I have never looked back.
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We proved that we are still a people capable of doing big things and tackling our biggest challenges.
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Re-examine all that you have been told... dismiss that which insults your soul.
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I try to understand people who aren't as smart as me and not be hateful.
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When people say 'American soccer,' they think of the U.S. national team. But American soccer also includes Major League Soccer, and until we have a league that produces players at the rate other leagues around the world do, I don't believe we'll ever get to where we want to be.
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I've had my fair share of colds, which last longer than they should and can cause wheezing, so I avoid people who are sneezing like the plague and am scrupulous about hygiene and hand-washing.
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Nature hath given not only to the highest, but also to the inferior, classes of the people of this nation, a boldness and confidence in speaking and answering, even in the presence of their princes and chieftains.
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When you get in the pocket, there is a place where the music begins to play itself. When you can find that spot, it's the best feeling in the world.
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I think the melody is the first time I hear in a song and if I like the melody, then I'll pay closer attention to the lyrics.
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Surround yourself with people whose definition of you is not based on your history, but your destiny.
