Donald Miller Quotes
Much of the time I’ve spent trying to impress people has been a waste. The reality is people are impressed with all kinds of things: intelligence, power, money, charm, talent, and so on. But the ones we tend to stay in love with are, in the long run, the ones who do a decent job loving us back.
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I'm not an anti-capitalist, or anarchist. I want capitalism to work.
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I've known I wanted to do this ever since I was a little kid and I used to get in trouble at church for goofing off all the time: mocking the preacher, imitating people and the things they did. I later learned my mother used to be just as goofy as I was when she was younger. I mean, Eddie Murphy in 'Coming to America?' My hero.
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I had no desire to crash a man's world.
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My plan was to stay in Canada to make films.
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To win in Australia, for me, has to be the ultimate success because the Aussies live for sport.
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I can give you a six-word formula for success: Think things through - then follow through.
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I was studying political science; I was adamant that I was going to follow in my father's footsteps.
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You have to respect your audience. Without them, you're essentially standing alone, singing to yourself.
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We go after legacies because we just know that, sooner or later, people will understand what we bring to this culture and bring to the game.
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I was always active as a kid. I was a professional figure skater for many years and I was a dancer, so it's just been part of my life, and I think that creates a certain body type.
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Every season I try to top myself, and push it a little further.
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I really believe musical form will go on. There's got to be a way of making musical form in cinema live again.
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There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove all traces of reality.
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I think women today are really struggling with these dual roles: How do you have a full-time career and be ambitious and still take care of your family?
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With 'posts' running in the millions, Internet message boards have become an essential part of the savvy investor's arsenal.
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Whether it goes to series or stands by itself, I'm proud of what we did with it, not only from the standpoint of what it could have been, but for itself.
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Our pluralist society must provide its citizens with the tools to understand religions, their symbols and their practices.
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Male athletes don't get dropped when they father kids.
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One of the challenges is creating characters. I am trying to compose my sentences to express epic events happening to ordinary people.
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I wish I had time to listen to music more.
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It is curious to observe what different ideals of happiness people cherish, and in what singular places they look for this well-spring of their life. Many look for it in the hoarding of riches, some in the pride of power, and others in the achievements of art and literature; a few seek it in the exploration of their own minds, or in search for knowledge.
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If people in the end think that you can't do something in a way which is acceptable then it won't fly. The only way you get anything like this done is if people think, 'I understand why it is being done.'
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Much of the time I’ve spent trying to impress people has been a waste. The reality is people are impressed with all kinds of things: intelligence, power, money, charm, talent, and so on. But the ones we tend to stay in love with are, in the long run, the ones who do a decent job loving us back.
