R. C. Sproul Quotes
The only righteousness that meets the requirements of the Law is the righteousness of Christ.
Quotes to Explore
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One of the prices that we pay for integration was the disintegration of the black community.
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The rich don't win elections. They support the money, but what percentage of America are rich? What is it, 2 percent? But they all have one vote.
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Illegitimacy is something we should talk about in terms of not having it.
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Sometimes people need a kick in the pants to get them to do what they would be doing if government weren't there as a perpetual parent.
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Communicating with teenage girls is easy unless you're an adult, and then it's like having someone take a pair of pliers and, one-by-one, yank off your fingernails through your ears.
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Even in the angels there is the subordination of one hierarchy to another, and in the heavens, and all the bodies that are moved, the lowest by the highest and the highest in their turn unto the Supreme Mover of all.
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A core part of Teach For America's mission has always been affecting positive change in the traditional public school system.
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Everybody goes through a phase of fatigue, and I am no different. Re-inventing yourself in your profession is the key to deal with fatigue.
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Do not just look at your boyfriend as just a boyfriend. Look at him as a friend, too.
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The black community now in many ways divided itself the way the larger white community divides itself, over class issues. And that race is no longer the bond that it once was. That's one of the prices you pay for progress.
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People can be inspired the way I've been inspired by music.
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The first reports of AIDS closely followed the inauguration of President Ronald Reagan, whose 'family values' agenda and alliance with Christian conservatives associated AIDS with deviance and sin.
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I theorize that there is a spectrum of consciousness available to human beings. At one end is material consciousness. At the other end is what we call 'field' consciousness, where a person is at one with the universe, perceiving the universe. Just by looking at our planet on the way back, I saw or felt a field consciousness state.
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Creativity can only be anarchic, capitalist, Darwinian.
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But probably my favorite music, believe it or not, is sad music.
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My life is so full of sacrifices.
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Separate is not equal. Civil unions are civil unions. Marriage is marriage. They're different institutions.
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Some movies to me are like vampires – they suck all of the energy out of me and I don't like that. I like to give the audience energy if I can.
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On 'Chatroom,' everyone was so nice, and we had a really great time together; we were around the same age and got on really well.
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Even if language is a living evolving organism, we don't have to embrace all the changes that occur during our lifetimes. If language is so alive, it can get sick.
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In fact, the Senkaku Islands are... inherent territory of Japan that is recognized in our history and also by international law.
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If you're constantly pushing yourself higher, higher, the law of averages - not to mention the myth of Icarus - predicts that you will at some point fall. And when you do, I want you to know this, remember this: There is no such thing as failure.
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Define your times. Treasure your calling. Pray without ceasing. The terrors of the age are less than the grandeur of the Christ within you.
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The only righteousness that meets the requirements of the Law is the righteousness of Christ.
