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I didn't know who I was and I didn't know if what was in me was any good. But my parents taught me to believe in myself and to work until something happens.

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