T. D. Jakes Quotes
Big ideas come from forward thinking people who challenge the norm, think outside the box, and invent the world they see inside rather than submitting to the limitations of current dilemmas
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Hollywood is strange in and of itself. People dress up and pretend to be other people, and you can either make millions of dollars, or no money. It's odd.
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I'm not Cinderella.
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I have a personal ambition to live my life honestly and honor the true love that I've had and also the people I've had around me.
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If I could work with Joan Van Ark every day for the rest of my life I would.
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Any man whose errors take ten years to correct is quite a man.
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I used to never feel pressure to be creative; it's always just been a fun thing. And then suddenly, it's my job, and people are asking, 'Where's the record?'
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Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which changes of mind might naturally arise.
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Guys like Clyde McPhatter used to sing their tail ends off!
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I live a very normal regimented life that focuses on my training and my private life so I squeeze the insane stuff in around that.
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You can't tolerate anybody attempting to threaten or intimidate your body. You must respond with force.
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The main essentials of a successful prime minister are sleep and a sense of history.
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Speaking is physically difficult for me.
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Honestly, I'd love to say I live this amazing Hollywood lifestyle, but actually, I'm at home with my same friends and cooking. I crochet, I do watercolor. I think what surprised me the most is that that isn't the lifestyle everyone necessarily lives.
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You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need.
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I sense that by writing both books and television, I've become better at each.
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We grew up as kids watching those movies and we were exposed to themes of civil rights, unfairness, bigotry and fathers struggling against the kind of mob of the town, so you remember how you felt as a kid being taken seriously, that you are part of the human drama.
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For me, religious festivals and celebrations have become an important way to teach my children about how we can transform living with diversity from the superficial 'I eat ethnic food', to something dignified, mutually respectful and worthwhile.
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I'd rather play a tune on a horn, but I've always felt that I didn't want to train myself. Because when you get a train, you've got to have an engine and a caboose. I think it's better to train the caboose. You train yourself, you strain yourself.
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I like to stay home a lot. I like to do other things too, like decorate or build.
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I think the majority of the British people are still sanguine about the need for war.
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I think the NAACP isn't recognized enough for all of the work it does, especially in the field of law. They may have faded from view over the last couple of decades, but they are fighting the good fight.
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I told my agent which women I aspire to have a career like: Frances McDormand, Kate Winslet, Laura Linney and Emma Thompson - character actresses who have something to say. I also said that I loved Madeline Kahn and Jessica Lange.
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The wise man warns me that life is but a dewdrop on the lotus leaf.
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Big ideas come from forward thinking people who challenge the norm, think outside the box, and invent the world they see inside rather than submitting to the limitations of current dilemmas
