Craig S. Keener Quotes
An important step in getting to know God is to realize how available he is to us. In learning to hear God, it helps us to take on faith the fact that we are already in his presence. If we must make ourselves worthy of his presence first, we will never get there.
Quotes to Explore
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I always like to leave art and music open to interpretation.
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Wherever I am in the world, my perfect day begins with waking up and heading to the beach or the pool or somewhere I can be semi-comatose. I just wake up and go to the sun.
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The burden of the self is lightened with I laugh at myself.
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We had to leave Australia to become international stars.
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There is this tremendous body of knowledge in the world of academia where extraordinary numbers of incredibly thoughtful people have taken the time to examine on a really profound level the way we live our lives and who we are and where we've been. That brilliant learning sometimes gets trapped in academia and never sees the light of day.
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Always kiss your children goodnight, even if they're already asleep.
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I want to do movies but not talk about them.
Nastassja Kinski -
If the tongue had not been framed for articulation, man would still be a beast in the forest.
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Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self-sustained.
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It was a somber place, haunted by old jokes and lost laughter. Life, as I discovered, holds no more wretched occupation than trying to make the English laugh.
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Life can't defeat a writer who is in love with writing, for life itself is a writer's lover until death.
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Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.
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I would think flying would be pretty cool. You would be able to fly away from all your enemies and get where you're going much faster. But being invisible? You probably wouldn't use that for the good of man.
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I had no education in filmmaking. I started with a 8mm camera. I made 34 films, and little by little I gained more experience in filming.
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I try to not read about myself. I think it's easier to have it out of sight and out of mind.
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I love playing Chekhov. That's the hardest; that's why I love it most.
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And then I got into sports and gave my guitar to my brother Jeff who was just a little kid at that time.
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One's life has many compartments.
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Don't go to work to make money; go to work to spread joy.
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It's really interesting because 50 years ago, if you didn't wear a hat everyone looked at you. It just proves that everything is fashion.
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I really did try to write it so that an educated public that cares about issues like this doesn't have to be a lawyer and can read it and understand it.
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What the hell difference does it make, left or right? There were good men lost on both sides.
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I don't know what the instinct is, to save every report card, every half-sentence scribbled note, but my mother did it pretty effectively, and I've done it to a fare-thee-well.
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An important step in getting to know God is to realize how available he is to us. In learning to hear God, it helps us to take on faith the fact that we are already in his presence. If we must make ourselves worthy of his presence first, we will never get there.
