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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The average man's judgment is so poor, he runs a risk every time he uses it.
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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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Having a place out of the city is a shortcut toward the mental reset I need.
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The real metric of success isn't the size of your bank account. It's the number of lives in whom you might be able to make a positive difference.
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I grew up in east Tennessee, and everybody knew everybody's business.
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If you're working opposite an actor who can act, then all you have to do is listen and respond.
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The senator's actions in the hours and days after emerging from that pond tell us something ugly about Kennedy the man. That he got away with it tell us something ugly about American public life.
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Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good.
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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.
