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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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God doesn't give us crying, pooping children because he wants to advance our careers.
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My Sunday school teachers had turned Bible narrative into children's fables. They talked about Noah and the ark because the story had animals in it. They failed to mention that this was when God massacred all of humanity.
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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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Good writers show rather than tell. Stories are told in action. Life stories are no different.
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