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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If you want to have a good life, you should focus on your family, on your business, on your dog, on your fun, and you'll have a good life.
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I felt like it was time to set up my future, so I set a goal. My goal was independence.
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I think I'm someone you would really break down easily, so I have to work on that.
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When I was with Geffen Records, I weighed almost 400 pounds. The label told me that I had a great voice but wasn't marketable having a weight image.
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The Uighurs are a Turkic people more closely related to Uzbeks and Kazakhs than to Chinese.
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In America we have big issues with education - in impoverished communities especially. I work with Teach For All, and so we're encouraging more people to get into teaching.
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Some of the best people with whom you can have a relationship are the people who challenge your thinking.
