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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
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Pearland
Texas
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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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If what you are doing is important, you will encounter resistance. If what you are doing isn't important it will be easy.
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