Donald Miller Quotes
And once you live a good story, you get a taste for a kind of meaning in life, and you can't go back to being normal; you can't go back to meaningless scenes stitched together by the forgettable thread of wasted time.
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I've always - honestly - never thought of myself as an independent director.
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I'm not going to roll back anything. Nothing is going to change with respect to reproductive rights.
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I'm not into things that feel like a sequel. There's just something magical about when something happens for the first time.
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I read a lot of poetry, and I love what it does with language. I love music, too, and I think there's probably no coincidence there, that the rhythm of the words is almost as important as the words themselves, and when you can get the two working together, which usually takes me about 20 goes, I feel a huge satisfaction.
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I am very lucky I got fans, and I interact with them personally. I know that they have poured their love on me unconditionally, and all I can do is work hard and be kind to them.
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I read Shakespeare when I was 14 because it's what we were taught.
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I remember growing up always loving the guitar. I used to love to watch the people play on the Country Western shows on TV. My folks told me that when I was just a toddler, I used to pretend I was playing a guitar on a toothpick.
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It's still going on. I guess it will be until Redmond quits, dies or is jailed.
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The one word that no politician will ever speak, is 'enough.' Enough.
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I might go on discussing this subject at great length, but after all is said, done, and written, my own book of experiences will best show what these obstacles are, and how I managed to overcome them to some extent.
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My schedulers keep getting driven crazy by the fact that they can't fit hikes in my schedule.
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I want to still be able to garden while I can bend over.
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Whenever I received too much praise, it just didn't feel right to me – ever.
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I used to wear miniskirts with my GB top, and sparkly sandals, and the boys would be like: 'Oh my gosh, this girl cannot be serious.'
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I'm thought to be a tough writer, but I'm really a softie.
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Because of my crazy work schedule, I have become something of a master at changing my clothes while driving. The men driving next to me love it.
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Dancing doesn't have a language.
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Ireland, in breadth, and for wholesomeness and serenity of climate, far surpasses Britain; for the snow scarcely ever lies there above three days: no man makes hay in the summer for winter's provision, or builds stables for his beasts of burden... the island abounds in milk and honey.
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Our deep spiritual confidence that this nation will survive the perils of today - which may well be with us for decades to come - compels us to invest in our nation's future, to consider and meet our obligations to our children and the numberless generations that will follow.
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When once the itch of literature comes over a man, nothing can cure it but the scratching of a pen.
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Montserrat is a very pleasant place to do nothing. The islanders know this, and they know this is why tourists go there, but they are not totally comfortable with the notion.
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A political society does not live to conduct foreign policy; it would be more correct to say that it conducts foreign policy in order to live.
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People don't become writers because they love having spontaneous, real-world interactions with living people as bodies with clothes in time.
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And once you live a good story, you get a taste for a kind of meaning in life, and you can't go back to being normal; you can't go back to meaningless scenes stitched together by the forgettable thread of wasted time.
