Charles H. Kraft Quotes
...we see God working in terms of Jewish culture to reach Jews, yet, refusing to impose Jewish customs on Gentiles. Instead non-Jews are to come to God and relate to Him in terms of their own cultural vehicles. We see the Bible endorsing, then, a doctrine we call biblical sociocultural adequacy in which each culture is taken seriously but none advocated exclusively as the only one acceptable to God.
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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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Honestly speaking, I don't like my films. When I watch them, I see a lot of scope for improvement, so if I were to see any of my films, like 'Dhoom,' I might say... 'It would have been better if...' or 'had it been...' and this is all about evolving.
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Fashion offers no greater challenge than finding what works for night without looking like you are wearing a costume.
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I suffered from 'No one will ever fancy me!' syndrome, well into my teens. Even now I do not consider myself to be some kind of great, sexy beauty. Absolutely not.
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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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I saw 'The Devil Wears Prada.' I don't think it's a reality.
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Sometimes in someone's gestures you can notice how a parent is somehow inhabiting that person without there being any awareness of that. Sometimes you can look at your hand and see your father.
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Children must be considered in a divorce considered valuable pawns in the nasty legal and financial contest that is about to ensue.
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My music is best understood by children and animals.
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As a writer, I've always felt it's my job to be extremely careful when writing about victims, especially women.
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I still love records, and I've been fortunate that my parents bought me a record player so I didn't just have my vinyls to stare at!
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Endorphins are a very powerful thing.
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I'm an interpreter of stories. When I perform it's like sitting down at my piano and telling fairy stories.
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Marlon was so sensitive, you thought the poor guy just had a bad education.
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I had to make squirrel noises as Bubbles and without realizing it, I was making the face and putting my fingers up to my face to look like a squirrel and everyone made fun of me for the rest of the day.
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It always feels good to put something you're proud of out in the world.
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However, I think the major opposition to ecology has deeper roots than mere economics; ecology threatens widely held values so fundamental that they must be called religious.
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In some extremely important ways, people are what you expect them to be, or at least they behave as you expect them to behave.
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It's all for a reason and all happened the way it was supposed to happen.
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Why do I have to be an example for your kid? You be an example for your own kid.
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I believe that President Obama is here for a reason, but that doesn't mean that he has to stay there next year. The American people have an opportunity to have a say and so I think we just have to do what we think is right - and see what the outcome is. God's got a plan.
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God did not create evil. Just as darkness is the absence of light, evil is the absence of God.
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...we see God working in terms of Jewish culture to reach Jews, yet, refusing to impose Jewish customs on Gentiles. Instead non-Jews are to come to God and relate to Him in terms of their own cultural vehicles. We see the Bible endorsing, then, a doctrine we call biblical sociocultural adequacy in which each culture is taken seriously but none advocated exclusively as the only one acceptable to God.
