T. D. Jakes Quotes
Silence isn't golden and it surely doesn't mean consent, so start practicing the art of communication.
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A stale article, if you dip it in a good, warm, sunny smile, will go off better than a fresh one that you've scowled upon.
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My parents divorced when I was seven. Because divorce is messy, for good or ill, they sent me to boarding school.
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I find the whole situation of confronting an audience terrifying.
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You have to be brave when you've got a kid.
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A lot of people who want to cook with less fat are surprised by that. You can cook vegetables in a little water in a covered pan and then throw the fat into the residual liquid to coat them.
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From a spectator point of view, Test cricket is not important; people hardly watch Test cricket. But as a player, Tests are the real thing. You have to concentrate for five days. It's a lot of time, and not easy to do it day in and day out. If people have played 70-100 Tests, it's a lot of cricket, a lot of concentration and dedication.
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Education is at the heart of achieving your dreams.
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We live a happy life, and we don't take anything too seriously.
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I'm holding onto the hope that there is some reason that I got cancer and there is something – that may not be very clear to me right now – but that I will do.
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Public appearances are a headache. I hold mine down to a minimum.
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You can be very famous without being a great actress, and that's not good for me.
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I have a lot of blurring between fiction and non-fiction in so many of my works. For example, my first novel, 'When Nietzsche Wept,' has a great deal of non-fiction in it. I didn't create many characters at all. Almost all of them are historical characters that actually existed.
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My father worked, and my mother played bridge. Every time I went out of the house, I was chauffeur-driven with my nanny next to me to stop me being kidnapped.
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This universe can very well be expressed in words and syllables which are not those of one's mother tongue.
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Too often, when Europeans talked of trans-Atlantic ties, we focused on the North Atlantic only.
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If the world's leaders are serious about improving collective well-being, we'd better get serious about prioritizing education in our nations and in our global discussion.
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I'm extremely grateful that I found writing, but it doesn't make it any more peaceful.
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My style is scruffy with a touch of androgyny.
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I'd love to do something where I can act and dance at the same time, like on Broadway or in movies.
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I think the most rewarding part for me is kind of not knowing where the story's going next, and then finding out and being blown away by it.
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You see, in this country are a number of youths who do not like to work, and the college is an excellent place for them.
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History has proven that art depicting black people cannot be disentangled from the political implications that such art has on their lives. As Africans were being stripped from the continent and sailed across the Atlantic to the Western world, depictions of black people in Western art changed in order to further render them racialized caricatures.
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An unusual thing happened after that great first vision. The Prophet Joseph received no additional communication for three years. However, he did not wonder, he did not question, he did not doubt the Lord. The Prophet Joseph patiently waited. The Prophet Joseph taught us the principle of patience-by example.
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Silence isn't golden and it surely doesn't mean consent, so start practicing the art of communication.
