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" My 'Book of Prayer' is the most important thing I carry. If I'm tense about something or need to pray for protection for my kids, it always helps. "
Tina Knowles
Prayer
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" We have always been a family that's given back. We just don't make a lot of noise about it. "
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" You want kids to dream big. "
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" The whole thing about dating was the scariest thing in the world. And I would tell my friends, 'I'm never going to find anyone. Where am I going to find someone? By now, I'm 59 years old. Where do you meet men?' It was really funny. So I just focused on myself. "
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" I was from this small town, and my parents were poor. "
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" I've read some things where people are like, 'Beyonce wants to be white' because she has blonde highlights in her hair, but it's ridiculous. You know, she is who she is, and she's a very proud black woman. I know people with natural hair that are the least black inside; you know, it doesn't matter. "
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Woman
Proud
" My girls do a lot of philanthropic work, but they are very private about it. "
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Very
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" Yves Saint Laurent mascara is the best I've ever tried. "
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Best
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" When we say, 'We are starving,' we have to remember that there are people who are literally starving. If everyone fed one person, one meal, we could make a huge difference. "
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Say
" I am very fortunate that I have such close relationships with both of my daughters. "
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" Beyonce, Solange, and my adopted daughter, Kelly Rowland, and I have always bonded over fashion. "
Tina Knowles
Daughter
Adopted
Always
" Beyonce knows what looks good on her and what doesn't. She likes fitted dresses. They flatter her curvy figure. Baggy tops don't work. But for everyday wear, she really prefers jeans and a fitted jacket. "
Tina Knowles
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Dresses
" I decided I would never let anyone decide who I was. "
Tina Knowles
Decided
Decide
Never
" You want to have a relationship with a man, but, at the end of the day, you have to have some good ole girlfriends. When you are at your lowest, they are going to be there. "
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Day
You
Relationship
" I'm always ready for more grandbabies. "
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Always
More
" If you want to go high-end, that's great, but my dream has always been to make fashion affordable enough so you're not limited by your budget. "
Tina Knowles
Enough
You
Great
" I taught my girls to pick up their own suitcases. Pretty is as pretty does. "
Tina Knowles
Pick
Up
Own
" The music business inspires designers, and designers inspire the music business. "
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Music
Inspire
Business
" I'm a huge fan of Motown. When you saw them on stage, you saw sparkle... you saw attitude. They didn't have on t-shirt and jeans. "
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T-Shirt
Attitude
Stage
" Being in the music business, if we couldn't pull the fashions from designers and if designers couldn't use artists to show off their fashions, where would we be? "
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Show Off
Off
Music
" When Beyonce began singing in earnest, she was 10 years old. "
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Singing
She
" Nothing makes me happier than for a woman to come up to me saying, 'I started exercising, and I lost weight, and I got a new man,' and you know, I get chills thinking about it. It's my purpose; I feel like I found my purpose. "
Tina Knowles
Woman
Saying
Thinking
" Everything in my life happened for a reason. Even when I thought they were the worst things in the world, they turned out to be the best things in the world. "
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Life
Thought
Out
" I think that everybody, at one time or another, has been betrayed and lied to, and it's about the pain, and it's about the healing process, and it's about how do you get past that and move on. "
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You
Time
Past
" There's a misconception that you have to match your shoes and your bag. It can be so cool to add a patterned or off-color heel. "
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Shoes
Match
" I enjoyed a close relationship with my mother, who set a wonderful example. As such, I have always tried to be as open and honest as possible with the girls growing up. I let them know they could always come to me with anything - and I would be there to support them. "
Tina Knowles
Me
Support
Mother
" When I owned a hair salon back in Houston, I did a lot of makeovers. Women would come in for a new hairstyle and go out with a whole new look. I know what looks good on a woman. "
Tina Knowles
Look
Know
Hair
" As a teenager, my brother's girlfriend came into my life, and I just thought she was the bomb. I followed her around, and she could just say anything, and it would influence me. She took me to my first nice restaurant, bought me my first nice handbag, and took me to my first Alvin Ailey show when I was 14, which changed my life. "
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Brother
Life
Me
" Our lives haven't been picture-perfect. "
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Been
Lives
Our
" At 58, I knew I had to get a divorce. At that age, it's an almost impossible thing to go through. I had been married 33 years. I had been married for 33 years. I didn't know anything else. "
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Age
Impossible
Go
" I'm a grandmother, but I don't want to look like a grandmother. I still want to look sexy and sophisticated. "
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Like
Grandmother