T. D. Jakes Quotes
To those of us who often procrastinate on the decision we feel intimidated by lack of education or any area of weakness. I relieve you with this statement: It is not how much you know that arms you with the tools of great decision making, but rather how much you ask. Ask questions.
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Re-examining our reasoning is not something that has come naturally to American statesmen.
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We say God and the imagination are one... How high that highest candle lights the dark.
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I'm not an anti-capitalist, or anarchist. I want capitalism to work.
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I hadn't learned to read by third grade, which wasn't unusual for some kids. I knew something was wrong because I couldn't see or understand the words the way the other kids did. I wasn't the least bit bothered - until I was sent back to the second-grade classroom for reading help after school.
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If I had the use of my body, I would throw it out the window.
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No matter who you are, black, white, green, there's going to be things in your way, you know what I mean?
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Like the old Italian saying goes, 'It ain't rocket surgery.'
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People throw things at me sometimes, at big festivals.
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If science fiction is the mythology of modern technology, then its myth is tragic.
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I talk about life, and I make universal music with an American style - and that's what I do.
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It's always about trying to make everything go with the music, like a script. It's not like, 'Let's have a confetti gun!' If I ever have one of those, it will be because it's absolutely the right thing at the moment in the song. I can't just go get a confetti gun.
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He who binds his soul to knowledge, steals the key of heaven.
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I think there's nothing more amazing than helping people every day.
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As a writer, as much as I try, I can't stop writing female characters. They have so much more to offer; they have to wear so many different hats. There's so much wonderful gray matter in a female's life that it just makes for a stronger character.
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Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
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No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris.
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Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing.
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If you're asking your kids to exercise, then you better do it, too. Practice what you preach.
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My first kiss was in the geography room, where you put all the maps. I actually don't know how to say it in English.
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I cannot be so bad when everybody is so fond of me.
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I play with a lot of great peers around the NFL - to even be mentioned with those guys is something special.
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I do all I can to maintain good health. I eat mostly plants, as Michael Pollan would say. I get a lot of exercise. I lead a purposeful daily life. I stay current with the dentist. I made the formative decision of where to live over thirty years ago when I settled in a 'main street' small town in upstate New York.
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You just have to focus on what's really important in life, and that's your friends and your family and the life that you build.
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To those of us who often procrastinate on the decision we feel intimidated by lack of education or any area of weakness. I relieve you with this statement: It is not how much you know that arms you with the tools of great decision making, but rather how much you ask. Ask questions.
