T. D. Jakes Quotes
It's a culture shock to go from obscurity to notoriety in a flash. Its more to it than talent and money; its pressure, stress, enemies, critics; you have to develop relationships and a team. There are all of these things that go along with taking a leap and following your dreams.
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Give me chastity and continence, but not yet.
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Living in New York, for me at least, just keeps it very real and keeps my feet firmly planted on the ground.
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Television offered me the opportunity to do new things; I had written a lot of scripts other than scary movies. I had actually written some romantic comedies and stuff that I really wanted to try my hand at, and nobody would let me do that. Television allowed me to do anything I wanted.
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I don't even know which end of a computer one is supposed to gaze into. I've never used a computer.
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Do the thing we fear, and death of fear is certain.
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I'm fascinated by the way Diane Arbus saw things. She came from this fashion background and then twisted it.
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When I wrote the eight fairy tales that appear in 'Horse, Flower, Bird' I was working toward a completely new form of artistic expression, trying to create a new kind of tale that also felt vintage: innocent and childlike, but haunted. I tried to write a picture-less picture book.
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I went to a lot of college camps when I was younger... You just admire those players because they're at a higher level than you at that time.
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To give pain is the tyranny; to make happy, the true empire of beauty.
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For more than four decades, the Libyan people have been ruled by a tyrant - Moammar Gaddafi. He has denied his people freedom, exploited their wealth, murdered opponents at home and abroad, and terrorized innocent people around the world - including Americans who were killed by Libyan agents.
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The most valuable thing you can make is a mistake - you can't learn anything from being perfect.
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Looking back... it's hard to understand what all the fuss was about as things changed in just a few years. When you look at all the things that have happened in the world, it seems very small.
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I detest that saying 'Everything happens for a reason'; it's nonsense.
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If you put too much pressure on the Palestinian Authority, it will collapse - it will disappear - and Israel will have to formally re-occupy the West Bank and assume responsibility for the Palestinians there. The United States doesn't want that. Israel doesn't really want that.
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If your child is born with a port-wine stain, they should be seen immediately by a pediatric dermatologist. Your pediatrician does not understand these birthmarks as well as a specialist.
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I've got two small kids. I want to make sure they grow up to be good people. Do they treat people well? Are they kind?
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When I was four years old, my mother put me into a school for early music education where you get perfect pitch and harmony and composition.
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I found in one of the tombs an inscription saying, 'If you touch my tomb, you will be eaten by a crocodile and hippopotamus.' It doesn't mean the hippo will eat you, it means the person really wanted his tomb to be protected.
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Be these people either Conservatives or Socialists, Yellows or Reds, the most important thing is - and that is the point I want to stress - that all of them are right in the plain and moral sense of the word.
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Sometimes I can be tactful and sometimes not. It all depends on the mood I'm in.
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It's a dangerous business, going out your door.
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Pilates is great.
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Nobody's just arrogant. I've met people who are embattled and dismissive, but when you get to know them, you find that they're vulnerable - that that hauteur or standoffishiness is because they're pedaling furiously underneath.
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It's a culture shock to go from obscurity to notoriety in a flash. Its more to it than talent and money; its pressure, stress, enemies, critics; you have to develop relationships and a team. There are all of these things that go along with taking a leap and following your dreams.
