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Everybody wants to be somebody fancy. Even if they're shy.
Donald Miller
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Donald Miller
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: August 12
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The thing I loved about her was that I never felt like she was selling anything. She would talk to God as if she knew Him, as if she had talked to Him on the phone that day. She was never ashamed which is the thing with some Christians I had encountered.
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We don't think of our flaws as the glue that binds us to the people we love, but they are. Grace only sticks to your imperfections.
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People want to join a great story. If you want to lead, tell one with your life.
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Without the Christian explanation of original sin, the seemingly silly story of Adam and Eve and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, there was no explanation of conflict. At all.
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I think the things we want most in life, the things we think will set us free, are not the thing we need.
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Most great art is created when the artist feels they are channeling something rather than trying to communicate something.
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I love writing books - I really do. If I could just quit everything and work on a book every day, I would love that most.
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It confuses me that Christian living is not simpler. The gospel, the very good news, is simple.
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