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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Have you noticed that life, with murders and catastrophes and fabulous inheritances, happens almost exclusively in newspapers?
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The more I study science, the more I believe in God.
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Just as the Depression left a generation of dads feeling they never had enough money, so father deprivation is leaving a generation of sons and daughters with different psychic wounds.
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I'd always been a great fan of George Orwell.
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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.
