Donald Miller Quotes
If I do not introduce people to Jesus, then I don't believe Jesus is an important person. It doesn't matter what I say.
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My first car was an '84 Ford Taurus. It caught on fire from me trying to change the fuel pump, so that wasn't good at all. Dried leaves on the ground while I was trying to change the fuel pump. Don't do that. Do it on concrete.
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But ya know what, I am a part of something that happened. I'm a part of the music that happened. My voice is one more instrument, is what it is. So that's the way I feel about people who play on sessions.
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We don't expect every operator to be Christian, but we tell them we do expect them to operate on Christian principles.
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In law school, I earned the respect of professors and served on the editorial board of 'The Yale Law Journal.'
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Morrissey wrote a really gorgeous song for me. I'm crazy for that man. And he thinks I'm hip!
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I was a temp secretary for a long time, and I went at it with a passion, and I tried to do a nice job in all my jobs.
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A war still rages over the legacy of the 1960s.
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As long as I love Beauty I am young.
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It is no surprise that companies do not often respond to moral pressure alone. We need to hit them hard in their pocketbook and on their balance sheet. We need to show them that their stock prices will be affected if their actions encourage Iran's nuclear weapons ambitions.
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Human writing reflects that of the universe; it is its translation, but also its metaphor: it says something totally different, and it says the same thing.
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I think a lot of people are drawn to seeing people that want to be better. We see it in ourselves.
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It seems like the good things that have happened in my career are things that you don't try to plan and push, and make it happen, it just seems to happen.
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Often something more simple would be better. Sometimes I put things together - a shirt, a sweater, a jacket - and it's too complicated. I would have worn only a v-neck sweater, it would have been better. It's not the clothes but it's how you wear them sometimes.
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Spiritual formation is character formation. Everyone gets a spiritual formation. It's like education. Everyone gets an education; it's just a matter of which one you get.
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Violence is a tool of the ignorant.
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We talking about revolution because that's the era that you're caught in.
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If I didn't love the hourglass, I wouldn't love myself.
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It's always nice when people say nice things or are complimentary.
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What do young, budding artists do, but go to law school? I had creative periods now and again, but it wasn't until I was practicing law that I really needed a creative outlet. I'd come home from long days at the office and draw, paint, and sculpt from clay, wire - even candy.
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As a shame researcher, I know that the very best thing to do in the midst of a shame attack is totally counterintuitive: Practice courage and reach out!
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I think 'The Sopranos' probably solidifies the misconception that people have about New Jersey to begin with. Because you're from Jersey, and everybody has an accent, you are perceived a certain way. I don't know if they are jealous or in awe or look down their nose at you, but that's the way life is. If you don't like it, change the channel.
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Young people: I understand this is important to you, but as you be thinking about climate change, the economy and jobs, war and peace, maybe way at the bottom you should be thinking about marijuana.
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The music is always blasting wherever I am that people always knock on my door and say, "It's too loud!"
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If I do not introduce people to Jesus, then I don't believe Jesus is an important person. It doesn't matter what I say.
