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Instincts under pressure crush the carbon of conformity and create diamonds. Each new season of life offers to train us for the next season if we pay attention and adapt.

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T. D. Jakes
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: June 9
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Evangelist
Priest
Writer
South Charleston
West Virginia
Thomas Dexter Jakes
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Crush
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