T. D. Jakes Quotes
I wasn't trying to be rich or famous; I was trying to figure out what is this thing in me that won't let me sleep that makes me restless and makes me keep pushing. I was trying to discover who I was.
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The options are war versus peace, and I am delighted that, so far, it appears that peaceful negotiation has won the day.
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The problem is foster youth don't really have this network that other kids have.
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The American Revolution was carried out in the name of the people, and it was supposedly 'We, the people,' who created the government that Americans still live under.
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I don't really love to perform in music. Some people like it more, but it's not my thing so much, but just the writing, when you get the lyric, and the lyric just goes just the right way, or you find the right bridge that takes you to the solo, and those moments are tremendous, and it's difficult to portray.
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You only live twice. Once when you are born and once when you look death in the face.
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I loved getting to Chagrin Falls, being by the falls; what a cute place it is.
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I think the best president - because he changed the whole mood of the country, the whole economy of the country, and stood up to Communism... that was continuing its causes around the world, and backed them off and caused them to collapse - and that was Ronald Reagan.
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You can't deny RCA's past and its history. I was also on Capitol Records, so I have that past history.
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Americans have the right under the Second Amendment to own firearms, and that is not going to change.
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You know, the Brits had a way of - running an empire. And I don't think America is comfortable with an empire.
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Netanyahu supports - and he truly does support - building a Palestinian state within Israel.
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Who am I, if I'm not this singer with big high notes? I identify with my voice. But I'm more than just the acrobatics.
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A liberal public is interesting to have as an audience. It is for that very reason that corporations make such an effort to ally themselves with cultural institutions.
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I didn't know I was compared to Elizabeth Montgomery, but I think that I'm in very good company with her.
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It's more fun to look at an old picture of me than it is to look at a new one sometimes. Although, I still wear a dress pretty well.
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I hate wars and violence but if they come then I don't see why we women should just wave our men a proud goodbye and then knit them balaclavas.
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There was never an angry man that thought his anger unjust.
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I don't want to be the type of person to have my relationships plastered in magazines.
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I have a bunch of concepts and ideas that I want to do but I have also been growing my production company in general and looking to branch out of projects that I am directing and producing.
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Hope you don't think this is Billy Joel unplugged. I'm a piano player. I'm already unplugged.
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The easiest thing to do in the world is pull the covers up over your head and go back to sleep.
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My music already has this oldish kind of quality to it, like you don't necessarily know what era it was recorded in, so it all kind of felt surreal and weird. Night after night when I played live, I was really trying to figure it out in real time, and I still don't know what effect I'm going for or what effect I actually achieve. Looking back, I feel like it would be arrogant of me not to appreciate the fact that I've been able to do whatever I want and still have an audience come see me.
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Sleep. Sleep. Sleep. Me? You can't ask me that question. I sleep.
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I wasn't trying to be rich or famous; I was trying to figure out what is this thing in me that won't let me sleep that makes me restless and makes me keep pushing. I was trying to discover who I was.
