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Most great art is freedom within form. Without form, we are amateurs, without freedom, we are robots.

Donald Miller

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Donald Miller
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: August 12
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Pearland
Texas
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Christ, in short, asks us to give everything, all our false redemption in the lifeboat, all our false ideas about who God is, all our trust in something other than God to redeem us. In so doing, we die to our broken natures in exchange for His perfect nature, and find unification with Him that will allow God to see us as one.
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Without a positive male role model in your life it is extremely difficult to become a man who benefits his family and benefits society.
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I heard once that real love doesn't ask what is in it for me it just gives unconditionally. It just tries to take the weight out of somebody else's pack, lessen his load, and if it gets reciprocated, that's great, but that isn't what you did it for.
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By accepting God's love for us, we fall in love with Him, and only then do we have the fuel we need to obey.
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I think we can provide better stories through providing mentors, and certainly part of my story is providing mentors to kids growing up without dads. I think positive male role models go a long way in terms of rescuing kids from a life of trouble.I think positive male role models go a long way in terms of rescuing kids from a life of trouble.
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If the abortion issue is important to me, this is how you tackle that issue.
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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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The most important thing that happens within Christian spirituality is when a person falls in love with Jesus.
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I had always suspected language was quite limited in its ability to communicate the intricate mysteries of truth.
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I tend to write first drafts that are incredibly cognitive, very rational, very boring. They come off as justification. Like, 'This is my idea and here's all the reasons that it's right.' It doesn't make for very compelling reading.
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If you aren't telling a good story, nobody thinks you died too soon they just think you died.
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Some people skip through life. Others are dragged through it. I sometimes wonder if we are moving through time, or whether time is moving through us. Light, unlike anything else in the universe is not effected by time. Light exists outside of time.. It is still a mystery to physicists.
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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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I posted chapters online and let people give feedback, and I was surprised at how much of that feedback I actually used for the book.I posted chapters online and let people give feedback, and I was surprised at how much of that feedback I actually used for the book. It was a different process for me, but I liked it.
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All the trees are losing their leaves, and not one of them is worried.
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Even our beliefs have become trend statements. We don’t even believe things because we believe them anymore. We only believe things because they are cool things to believe.
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