R. C. Sproul Quotes
I get irritated when I hear preachers say, "Come to Jesus and all your problems will be over." That's just simply a lie.
R. C. Sproul
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After Brown, I went to Duke, to a Ph.D. program in American literature. My dad's an English professor. After a year there, I was like, 'Jesus. I don't want to do this. I don't want to be in the library.' So I pulled the ripcord, and that was it.
Nathaniel Philbrick
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Truth-tellers who expect others to believe them tend to speak naturally and un-self-consciously. But if they don't expect to be believed, they may try too hard to seem honest. Unfortunately, the result makes them sound less believable. Obviously, then, not every oddly phrased statement is a lie.
Pamela Meyer
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Bruce always had to tell a lie. He was always living that lie. Caitlyn doesn't have any secrets.
Caitlyn Jenner
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A lie with a purpose is one of the worst kind, and the most profitable.
Finley Peter Dunne
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I'm the best in the world; thank you, Jesus, for that.
Rafael dos Anjos
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Don't see the point in reading ghost-written autobiographies, even though some of these published lives may fascinate me. The 'ghost' is always present, manipulating an interview into first-person singular text, and it feels like I'm reading a lie.
Gary Kemp
Spandau Ballet
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The third time you say a thing it sounds like a lie.
Harrison Ford
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Look, all administrations, all governments lie, all officials lie and nothing they say is to be believed. That's a pretty good rule.
Daniel Ellsberg
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Jesus Christ belonged to the true race of prophets. He saw with open eye the mystery of the soul. Drawn by its severe harmony, ravished with its beauty, he lived in it and had his being there. Alone in all history, he estimated the greatness of man.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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See, I believe that it is not true that different races and nations are alike. I'm profoundly convinced that that's a total lie. I think people are different. Sardinians, for example, have stubby little fingers. Bosnians have short necks.
Orson Welles
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I base jumped off the Jesus statue in Rio de Janeiro.
Felix Baumgartner
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My best stories come out of nowhere, with no concern for form at all.
Barry Hannah
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Well, life was tough, but at least I was able to live it out and I was able to face death and not be afraid. Well, now I'm ready to go to Heaven and be with Jesus, and...hey? Hey, what's this? Oh, God it feels like a man's DICK IN MY ASS! Oh, GOD!!! I'M DEAD!!! Oh, you mean life keeps on fucking you even after you're dead? Oh, it never ends! OH! OHHH!!!
Sam Kinison
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Picasso said art is a lie that tells the truth. What if you just want to tell the truth and not lie about it?
Nicolas Cage
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Melinda was mine 'til the time that I found her holding Jim, loving him.
Neil Diamond
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The slums are not a place of despair. Its inhabitants are all working towards a better life.
Vikas Swarup
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I knew that people were going to talk about it, I knew it was embarrassing, and I knew it was a big deal. But did I think that it was going to be this thing that followed me for, you know, the next years to come? I guarantee you, 25 years from now, I'll be known as the girl that lip synced on 'SNL.' But, you know, it was a weird thing. Not fun.
Ashlee Simpson
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I get irritated when I hear preachers say, "Come to Jesus and all your problems will be over." That's just simply a lie.
R. C. Sproul
