T. J. Perkins Quotes
A lot of the ups and downs for me, especially the downs, I feel like it came in a lot of indirect ways because I didn't appreciate what I had.
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I've always been very visceral in that I feel things very deeply.
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At some hotels, I feel like I have to be dressed to the nines - perfectly eccentric - to walk out the door.
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I think shortly after I got signed, it just started to dawn on me that I had something to say and that Yahweh put something in my heart to share with the world.
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I admire the world of the books and the characters that she's created, but I'm not an addict of Harry Potter. I don't feel possessive about it.
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William and I feel that every child deserves to be supported through difficult times in their lives.
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I was influenced when I was younger by the cartoon movies that Disney put out, like Cinderella and what not. I watched those movies over and over when I was younger and the music is ingrained into my head. Nowadays, I'm still humming the tunes. It taught me the fundamentals.
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As I'm writing, certain things become clear to me and certain things begin to feel right and make sense. The pieces start to fall into place.
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I just feel it's important to make sure that behind the scenes is as filled with diverse voices as in front of the scene is.
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I feel like I have so many stories basting in my mind, and they come busting out when they're ready.
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Every story I create, creates me. I write to create myself.
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When you do scenes that are just exposition, they feel false.
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If you tell me I can't eat something, I'll obsess over it and end up overeating!
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Excessive speed and quantity are, like chattiness and digression, besetting sins of cyber-assisted authorship.
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I feel very strongly that young women have regressed a little bit. But I do get all preachy about it.
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Until I feel strong enough to pray sincerely and to act accordingly, I would rather not pray at all.
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If you represent everyone, in some ways you represent no one. You're un-owned.
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I simply can't wear an outfit if I don't feel that is right for me.
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I dread the idea of a paparazzi snapping me while I'm out running.
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Acting a part is not always synonymous with lying; it is far often the best way of serving the truth. It is more truthful to act what we should feel if the community is to be well served rather than behave as we actually do feel in our selfish private feelings.
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I know that my fans will probably learn a lot about me by listening to my music, if they really listen to the lyrics.
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Maybe belief is the biggest lie. In ages past, the earliest philosophers tried to explain the stars in the sky and the world around them. One of them conceived of the notion that the universe was mounted on giant crystal spheres controlled by a giant machine, which explained the movements of the heavens. He was laughed at and told that such a machine would be so huge and noisy that everyone would hear it. He simply replied that we are born with that noise all around us, and that we are so used to hearing it that we cannot hear it at all.
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The Great Spirit will not make me suffer because I am ignorant. He will put me in a place where I shall be better off than in this world.
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When I first started, I worked with my father, Alex 'Little Bill' Wallace; he was a guitarist like B.B. King. I was around 13 when I started, and I learned a lot by looking and listening. I learned how to be a bandleader from watching that band work.
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A lot of the ups and downs for me, especially the downs, I feel like it came in a lot of indirect ways because I didn't appreciate what I had.
