J. C. Ryle Quotes
That preaching is sadly defective which dwells exclusively on the mercies of God and the joys of heaven, yet never sets forth the terrors of the Lord and the miseries of hell.
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The American Revolution as it actually unfolded was so troubling and strange that once the struggle was over, a generation did its best to remove all traces of the truth.
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How much do you engage yourself in what's truly real and important in life? That's the individual question.
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My number one thing is to recycle everything from newspaper to aluminum cans, and I even use a canvas bag instead of the plastic ones when I go to the grocery store.
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Whenever I do something, it seems so right. And turns out so wrong.
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Throughout my whole swimming career, I've never been disqualified once. I've never been warned once.
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Man's enemies are not demons, but human beings like himself.
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Wars begin in the minds of men, and in those minds, love and compassion would have built the defenses of peace.
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Most people who have encountered mercury have done so after breaking a mercury thermometer. And many of us who saw the liquid balls of mercury scatter across a floor or countertop considered the element the most beautiful on the periodic table.
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No matter what a woman's appearance may be, it will be used to undermine what she is saying and taken to individualize - as her personal problem - observations she makes about the beauty myth in society.
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If it's a cocktail party, I generally make five or six different things, and I try to choose recipes that feel like a meal: a chicken thing, a fish or shrimp thing, maybe two vegetable things, and I think it's fun to end the cocktail party with a sweet thing.
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It's nice to know when you're a part of a story, it's nice to know at least something about the beginning, middle, and end.
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Times change. The farmer's daughter now tells jokes about the traveling salesman.
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The West hasn't reached its universal state as yet, although its close to it, but it certainly has evolved out of its warring state phase, which it was in for a couple of centuries.
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Comic strips are like a public utility. They're supposed to be there 365 days a year, and you're supposed to be able to hit the mark day after day.
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The man who can make others laugh secures more votes for a measure than the man who forces them to think.
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That's the thing with sci-fi and action roles. You have to play the danger as real. If you don't, you end up with egg on your face. You have to commit. You can't think about how stupid it might look without the special effects.
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I'm just going to do me; I'm not trying to do the Eminem thing, the D12 thing or the 50 thing.
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Every government says they love small businesses, but what have they done for them? We should pull down all the barriers.
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What higher art does is to invite us in and allow us to make decisions.
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Joy isn't grounded in our circumstances; it is grounded in the unchanging character of God.
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In committing to artistic growth, you have to refine your skills to support your instincts.
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But there will come a time and a place to give back, and each individual will recognize that time and place.
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That preaching is sadly defective which dwells exclusively on the mercies of God and the joys of heaven, yet never sets forth the terrors of the Lord and the miseries of hell.
