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The more I try to impress people, the more I separate myself from them. Vulnerability attracts love.

Donald Miller

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Donald Miller
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: August 12
Author
Screenwriter
Writer
Pearland
Texas
Impress
Separate
Trying
Love
People
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Vulnerability

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