Donald Miller Quotes
It is when people do not allow God to show up through them ... that the world collapses in on itself.
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If my love is without sacrifice, it is selfish. Such a love is barter, for there is exchange of love and devotion in return for something. It is conditional love.
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I don't mind talking about 'what might have been,' but I am not one to doubt or regret most of my decisions.
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By the general process of epic poetry, I mean the way this form of art has constantly responded to the profound needs of the society in which it was made.
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All the time I was writing hit songs with my partner David Porter, I always had the yen to perform. Sure did. And when the opportunity came, I took it. The first album, 'Presenting Isaac Hayes,' didn't do so hot, but it was like a prelude for what was to come.
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Contrary to rumor, sometimes I can be quite a laugh.
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Acting offers me an outlet. Here is the perfect opportunity to spend fleeting moments becoming an entirely different person; to experience a character entirely unlike myself, but to also make such a character a part of me. There is no routine here; there is no boredom.
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The publishing industry is an archaic and inefficient industry.
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All too often, the pitchmen are selling the notion that if you gain 'control' over your financial destiny - pick your own stocks and execute your own trades - it will be the first step on a short road to riches.
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World War II has always been of great interest to me. I've known for decades that it was just one more war the politicians suckered us into.
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Sometimes we question things that we have done in our lives but how many times do we question what we haven't done in someone else's.
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You can't make a living as a playwright. You can barely scrape by.
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I rode horses since I was a kid.
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Before every show, we get into a circle, hold hands, and someone makes a speech. Most bands are too cool for that.
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All novels attempt to cut neural routes through the brain, to convince us that down this road the true future of the novel lies.
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There's a difference between being posh and being rich.
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You have a new role: family caregiver. It's a role nobody applies for. You don't expect it. You won't be prepared. You probably won't even identify yourself as a caregiver.
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After five years in Ferrari, being second all the time, I think it was enough for me.
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Dying in the sanitary environment of a hospital is a relatively new concept. In the late 19th century, dying at a hospital was reserved for people who had nothing and no one. Given the choice, a person wanted to die at home in their bed, surrounded by friends and family.
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I try to avoid experience if I can. Most experience is bad.
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The suicide bombers who struck London on 7 July 2005 killed 52 innocent people and wounded hundreds more. All of them must live with their memories. And the rest of us will always remember where we were when we heard that London had been hit by the worst terrorist attack in its history.
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It's not impossible but it's difficult, for a non-white person to be British.
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You know, it's always the same. I've clowned in 81 countries. People hunger for love, and clowning is a trick to get love close. As a clown I can do things that people are too frightened of Love to allow you to do.
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It is when people do not allow God to show up through them ... that the world collapses in on itself.
