R. C. Sproul Quotes
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For me, the lean times were a wonderful, beautiful time of my life, struggling for many years in regional theater all over the country for not much money.
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I don't want to come off like the jealous brother who wasn't getting the attention, but it was like no one was really into me anyway. I wasn't really a priority.
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The sole ultimate factor in human decisions is physical force. This we must learn, however repugnant the idea may seem, if we are to protect ourselves and our institutions. Reliance on anything else is fallacious and ruinous.
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Homophobia is rampant in soccer, probably more so than in any other sport. I'm not sure why.
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The Beduin could not look for God within him: he was too sure that he was within God.
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And also, it's sort of my job to make you believe things about him that aren't true about me.
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My earliest memories of rap music was mixed with my earliest memories of reggae music. They were big sounds around the way, heavy bass lines, strong messages, definitely.
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If you want your children to bring original ideas into the world, you need to let them pursue their passions, not yours.
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Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness.
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I have yet to see a drama that puts forward women who are successful and also have a family... they are nearly always seen as victims.
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I already have a lot of experience, but the best is yet to come.
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With every film, I try and give the audiences a little more than the previous film in terms of comedy, action, drama and so on.
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Empathy is a virtue, but it should not be a guiding judicial principle.
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I have a three-year-old and a four-year-old at home, and my mornings are about just dealing with the fact of that. I oddly enjoy it.
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The Wild West attracts cowboys. A sheriff is a good thing.
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The chemistry that you get from living with your band and creating music and recording with your band translates to the stage.
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Pioneers may be picturesque figures, but they are often rather lonely ones.
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I take pride in taking care of all the housework so that my wife, who works as a designer for Martha Stewart, won't need to sacrifice any of her leisure time when she gets home.
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To really enjoy drugs you've got to want to get out of where you are. But there are some wheres that are harder to get out of than others. This is the drug-taking problem for adults. Teenage weltschmerz is easy to escape. But what drug will get a grown-up out of, for instance, debt?
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She's not even referred to until her husband's death in 1903. And even then it's only as 'Mrs. William Dewey.
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Spiritual Work is not easy. It means the willingness to surrender feelings that seem, while we're in them, like our defense against a greater pain. It means that we surrender to God our perceptions of all things.
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I believe God created sports for a good reason. It's recreation. It's something that we enjoy. It teaches us a lot as well... I believe God is a sports fan.
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Children are one of the greatest lessons in happiness, constantly challenging us to enjoy the moment, as the next one will not be the same.
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At the moment I sin, I desire the sin more than I desire to please God.
