T. D. Jakes Quotes
I know whatever God means for me to have He'll give it to me. And if it takes too much sweat I don't need it.
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Bush already gave obscene tax breaks to people like me and Warren Buffet, and we are saying it's not fair.
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I feel funny about owning art. I don't really want to say: 'Wow, come and see my Monet - it's in a dark room at the bottom of my cellar.'
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You know, I'm kind of a wild crazy workaholic guy.
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Church was a requirement - there was no choice in the matter; so was vacation bible school. Gospel has been in me since I was a kid.
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Art is to me the glorification of the human spirit, and as such it is the cultural documentation of the time in which it is produced.
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It's nice to know when you're a part of a story, it's nice to know at least something about the beginning, middle, and end.
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There are a lot of competitive girls in the industry, so you just find the ones who share your mentality.
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Not everyone is lucky enough to be given space and trust.
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When sustainability is viewed as being a matter of survival for your business, I believe you can create massive change.
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Make-up is all about shading; it's about tactical application.
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You have to learn a few things, which you do along the way, but basically, poetry is a matter of the ear. Iambic pentameters or what constitutes a stanza comes naturally - your ears will know.
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Executive orders are meant for occasional use, not to force something through that the people's elected representatives aren't going to make law.
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I write my music.
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I'm very motivated by the occasional creative payoff that comes when something goes really well, be it a song, a recording or performance. The payoff is enormous - when you get it. Most of the time, though, I'm filled with self-loathing and general frustration at the limitations I have as a musician.
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One of the best things people could do for their descendents would be to sharply limit the number of them.
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I remember being in tears at the hospital after Chloe was born, at the thought that someday she would have to leave home.
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The first version of The Beautiful Room Is Empty was the first mss. I'd ever submitted to New York editors.
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If you choose to go hard after God, you’ll experience more adversity than you would encounter if you played it safe, but you’ll delight in more power and love than you ever dreamed possible.
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According to my parents, I was supposed to have been a nice, churchgoing Swiss housewife. Instead I ended up an opinionated psychiatrist, author and lecturer in the American Southwest, who communicates with spirits from a world that I believe is far more loving and glorious than our own.
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But when she tried to say something, the words always seemed trite and inadequate. Nothing measured up. When any moment might be their last, there was nothing she could ever imagine saying that had the necessary dignity to fill that instant. Silence was better. Silence had its own dignity.
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Joy bursts in our lives when we go about doing the good at hand and not trying to manipulate things and times to achieve joy.
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I can only control what I do and my preparation for the game. I can't control who they want, so I have really made a point of not getting emotionally involved in the situation.
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I know whatever God means for me to have He'll give it to me. And if it takes too much sweat I don't need it.
