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Great writers know what to cut out. It's the same in life. Clear ambitions. Clear relationships. This is the stuff of good story.

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Donald Miller
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: August 12
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I am human because God made me. I experience suffering and temptation because mankind chose to follow Satan. God is reaching out to me to rescue me. I am learning to trust Him, learning to live by His precepts that I might be preserved.
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