T. D. Jakes Quotes
The real harvest of life is the outworking of the internal. If there's nothing in there, there's nothing to work out.
Quotes to Explore
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My aunt is a newscaster in Lubbock, Texas, and she got a letter that said, 'Natalie Maines will be shot dead at their show in Dallas, Texas,' with the date of our concert. It was freaky to see that in writing.
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For my film 'Fashion,' like an investigative journalist, I went about knowing the people, the models, the fashion designers. Similarly with the corporate world.
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I put everything I think is sexy into my shoes.
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Sometimes people can put way too much emphasis on looking 'hot' which can be stressful and put you in your head.
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I wanted to define the vocabulary of a wedding both visually and intellectually. The book is about more than weddings or wedding dresses. It's a metaphor for women's lives, their creativity.
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Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slave.
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The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a poet; the first to repeat it was possibly an idiot.
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France is a fantastic country. It's between the Anglo-Saxon and Latin cultures. We have some of the Anglo-Saxon rigor, and some of the Latin quirkiness.
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I don't think there's any dearth of talent in India - we've always had the best juniors in the world.
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I am very lucky I got fans, and I interact with them personally. I know that they have poured their love on me unconditionally, and all I can do is work hard and be kind to them.
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We are born believing. A man bears beliefs as a tree bears apples.
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One of the pleasures of getting older and making a living the way you want to is that your social circle becomes rarified, and the people who enter have been vetted.
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I think it's difficult to do fashion for men, because either you become very over-homosexual fashion or very boring fashion. You don't want a boy who looks 15 in a little pair of shorts with some strange art... But to see just a jacket and tie is boring.
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Real tolerance means respecting other people even when they baffle you and you have no idea why they think what they think.
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If you're beautiful, you're led to believe that you can't also be smart.
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Conviction without experience makes for harshness.
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A hit film is what we work for as actors, as that goes to show that we have managed to entertain our audiences who shower us with their love and affection throughout the years.
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Now that I'm gone, I tell you, don't smoke.
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Hold fast to the Bible. To the influence of this Book we are indebted for all the progress made in true civilization and to this we must look as our guide in the future.
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Money power means budget power and it is folly to imagine that the citizen can control government unless he can control its budget.
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Unless one decorates one's house for oneself alone, best leave it bare, for other people are walleyed.
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I love being a dad, and I'm good at it. Kids teach you about life, like how not to focus on yourself so much.
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I don't necessarily start with the beginning of the book. I just start with the part of the story that's most vivid in my imagination and work forward and backward from there.
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The real harvest of life is the outworking of the internal. If there's nothing in there, there's nothing to work out.
