R. C. Sproul Quotes
For a Christian to be a Christian, he must first be a sinner. Being a sinner is a prerequisite for being a church member. The Christian church is one of the few organizations in the world that requires a public acknowledgement of sin as a condition for membership.
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I have an ambition to write a great book, but that's really a competition with myself. I've noticed that a lot of young writers, people in all media, want to be famous but they don't really want to do anything. I can't think of anything less worth striving for than fame.
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It's one thing if you write a song and somebody else sings it because you give the OK. But if your voice is on something and you don't get the credit, it's kind of hard.
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Nothing graces the Christian soul so much as mercy; mercy as shown chiefly towards the poor, that thou mayest treat them as sharers in common with thee in the produce of nature, which brings forth the fruits of the earth for use to all.
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Democratic politicians, liberal activists and liberal news outlets routinely deploy incendiary rhetoric and wicked accusations to marginalize Republicans.
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I'm not looking to shock anyone.
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Unless you're Gisele, you wake up some days and feel ugly. When that happens, I accept that I'm not perfect and it's OK; I can start over again tomorrow.
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If the reporter has killed our imagination with his truth, he threatens our life with his lies.
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I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
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People are everything in education, just as in the corporate world.
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The public will believe anything, so long as it is not founded on truth.
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It's a great feat for me to have broken my world record.
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I want to have a long career.
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A filial son to his father can be a traitorous subject to his ruler.
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IBM, Microsoft, the profit they made was larger than the top four banks in China put together... But where did the money go?
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I only feel sorry for weak people. And mostly what I've come to find is that the weak people are the ones that are the haters.
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Not long ago I made a list of Doc Ford books I would like to do, and I came up with 11 pretty easily. I like to let the characters go their own ways and see what happens. I find them fascinating.
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There are aspects of '24' where I love its politics and aspects where I hate them.
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Public appearances are a headache. I hold mine down to a minimum.
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Much of the research into humans' risk-avoidance machinery shows that it is antiquated and unfit for the modern world; it is made to counter repeatable attacks and learn from specifics. If someone narrowly escapes being eaten by a tiger in a certain cave, then he learns to avoid that cave.
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Sunday is the best day of the week because we celebrate the risen Christ of the cross in the local church, the dearest place on earth.
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That was the big secret. Walt would do things over and over again, with no regard to money, to get things perfect.
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For a Christian to be a Christian, he must first be a sinner. Being a sinner is a prerequisite for being a church member. The Christian church is one of the few organizations in the world that requires a public acknowledgement of sin as a condition for membership.
