T. D. Jakes Quotes
Some of the best people with whom you can have a relationship are the people who challenge your thinking.
Quotes to Explore
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I don't think nostalgia has to be negative.
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Well, you know what? The same people that get driven crazy by hip hop are the same people that probably listen to the type of music that drives me crazy. Like, Journey covers.
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All my brothers and my dad at one point had dreadlocks.
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The lives of African-Americans in this country are characterized by violence for most of our history. Much of that violence, at least to some extent, you know, done by the very state that's supposed to protect them.
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The Technion didn't teach students how to open a start-up.
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I started acting when I was seven. And I went to a local drama school which is very well-known in London. Because of that, I started getting jobs, and I worked all the time as a child, pretty much non-stop.
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I am Gabrielle Anwar: mother, lover, daughter, sister, friend, and creator in the pursuit of happiness.
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We always had money problems. Sometimes I would lie awake at night wondering how to pay the rent.
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This is my trademark: I rip my T-shirt. I'm into the whole showing-a-bit-of-chest-hair thing.
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In the past, human society provided encouragement and opportunity for people to extend support to each other, especially in highly stressful situations.
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Self-exploration is very painful, but unless you do that, you will never know who you are and who you want to be.
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I actually interviewed other people about myself, and that alerted me to the fact that I had to really investigate my memories.
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An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching.
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I have learned not to feed the trolls. I just don't respond.
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Ages when custom is unsettled are necessarily ages of prophecy. The moralist cannot teach what is revealed; he must reveal what can be taught. He has to seek insight rather than to preach.
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A thing I do with all my characters is I break them down into one of three things: mind, heart, and groin. I figure out where they come from and what they utilize most.
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I'm a really big 'Lord of the Rings' fan. I have all the extended editions.
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My brain is like a hard drive. Once you start adding new information, you start cutting off old information.
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When you're little, your father is your hero. Mine was. Then it all becomes more complicated.
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I never want to make a complete, 180 reactional record. I wanted a connection to what I've done in the past but still move forward and evolve.
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I think most people have creative ideas and have very strange, unorthodox impulses of things that they can do with their lives. I've had many of these over the years, but I decided the more important question was, 'When did I start calling this art?'
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It was very important to establish a sound, so that people heard a record on the radio and knew immediately that it was you.
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Logos and branding are so important. In a big part of the world, people cannot read French or English--but are great in remembering signs.
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Some of the best people with whom you can have a relationship are the people who challenge your thinking.
