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There's a genius part of you that wants to create. That part of you wants to talk to God. Get out of the way.

Donald Miller

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Donald Miller
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: August 12
Author
Screenwriter
Writer
Pearland
Texas
Genius
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Create
Talk
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The greatest stories go to those who don’t give in to fear.
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The real voice is stiller and smaller and seems to know, without confusion, the difference between right and wrong and the subtle delineation between the beautiful and profane. It's not an agitated voice, but ever patient as though it approves a million false starts. The voice I am talking about is a deep water of calming wisdom.
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What I believe is not what I say I believe what I believe is what I do.
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Dying for something is easy because it is associated with glory. Living for something is the hard thing. Living for something extends beyond fashion, glory, or recognition. We live for what we believe.
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You can't tell a good story without conflict - the story can't be beautiful or meaningful. We're taught to run from conflict, and it's robbing us of some really good stories.
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I often learn more about myself from listening to the life story of a friend than I do reflecting on my own story.
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If the abortion issue is important to me, this is how you tackle that issue.
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But the people who took the bus didn't experience the city as we experienced the city. The pain made the city more beautiful. The story made us different characters than we would have been if we had skipped the story and showed up at the ending an easier way.
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Half the time I don't know what I'm trying to say.
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Most great art is freedom within form. Without form, we are amateurs, without freedom, we are robots.
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Every creative person, and I think probably every other person, faces resistance when they are trying to create something good...The harder the resistance, the more important the task must be.
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There are two types of men in this world--one is looking for a woman to make his life complete and the other is looking for a woman to join his complete life.
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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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The most attractive characteristic in a person is the story they are telling the world. We stop and stare at stories.
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Passion about nothing is like pouring gasoline in a car without wheels. It isn't going to lead anybody anywhere.
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The trouble with deep belief is that it costs something. And there is something inside me, some selfish beast of a subtle thing that doesn't like the truth at all because it carries responsibility, and if I actually believe these things I have to do something about them. It is so, so cumbersome to believe anything. And it isn't cool.
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The reason I like writing a memoir is because it isn't preachy.
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The people I used to be surrounded by are getting along without me. Somehow, that really bugs me.
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God doesn't give us crying, pooping children because he wants to advance our careers.
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The truth is, if what we choose to do with our lives won't make a story meaningful, it won't make a life meaningful either.
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