R. C. Sproul Quotes

God's grace is so powerful that it has the capacity to overcome our natural resistance to it.

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• There are two kinds of ham: raw and cooked. Raw ham is cured with salt and/or smoke over time; cooked ham is boiled. Every culture that makes ham has its own unique and various methods.

  

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• During the fall and winter we built Fort Meade and the town of Sturgis.

  

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• I have lived a carnal life.

  

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• The first movie my dad ever showed me was 'Predator' – I was five. And I think the second one was 'Jaws.'

  

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• I propose a Constitutional Amendment providing that, if any public official, elected or appointed, at any level of government, is caught lying to any member of the public for any reason, the punishment shall be death by public hanging.

  

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• A religious man is a person who holds God and man in one thought at one time, at all times, who suffers harm done to others, whose greatest passion is compassion, whose greatest strength is love and defiance of despair.

  

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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.

  

  Nas
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• You look in my room and it looks neat enough, but if you dared to look under my bed or in my closet, oh what a mess!

  

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• I don't think Hollywood knows what to do with me. I would imagine that when it comes to romantic comedies, my name would be pretty low down on the list.

  

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• It used to be that watching a film was a very special occasion, the same way flying was. Before, if you took a flight from New York to L.A., most of the windows would be open. Now, we get on planes and we just close them because we're so used to what it feels like. I think the same thing has happened with cinema.

  

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• Social Security is too vital to be lumped into backroom budget talks where the views of ordinary Americans risk going unheard.

  

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• This is Earth. Isn't it hot?

  

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• The more research you do, the more at ease you are in the world you're writing about. It doesn't encumber you, it makes you free.

  

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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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• I'm like all parents who try to shelter their children.

  

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• The world is made up of people who never quite get into the first team and who just miss the prizes at the flower show.

  

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• You have not forgotten to remember; You have remembered to forget. But people can forget to forget. That is just as important as remembering to remember - and generally more practical.

  

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• I'm shy, although I'm not shy with my friends and family.

  

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• We know nothing about Africa, although our roots are there in terms of our forbearers. But I mean as far as the average Negro today, he knows nothing about Africa. And I think he's got to face the fact that he is an American, his culture is basically American, and one becomes adjusted to this when he realizes what, what he is.

  

  Martin Luther King, Jr.
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• You have inside you the capacity to invest your mental, emotional, and spiritual gifts in a way that glorifies God, impacts the world, and satisfies your own soul. I believe that-and I want you to believe it, too.

  

  David Jeremiah
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• God's grace is so powerful that it has the capacity to overcome our natural resistance to it.

  

  R. C. Sproul
  • God
  • Powerful
  • Grace