Donald Miller Quotes
I think writers can get a little melodramatic sometimes about their work, and it helps me not to do that, to just say, "Well, this is how I make a living, and I need to become a very good craftsman."
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Manhood coerced into sensitivity is no manhood at all.
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I love to smell like roses, literally all day!
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I felt audiences are happier to take comedy people who play darker people because there's a link between the psychosis of comedy and the psychosis of being a twisted character.
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It's nature-nurture, right? I've been nurtured by Californians.
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I'm not being offered a constant stream of wonderful parts with wonderful directors that would keep me away from the theatre. When they turn up, I do them.
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What is important, then, is not that the critic should possess a correct abstract definition of beauty for the intellect, but a certain kind of temperament, the power of being deeply moved by the presence of beautiful objects.
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There are wonderful restaurants in London. I love Indian food and I like Arab food, and I go very often to the Arab restaurant Noura.
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I have yet to see a drama that puts forward women who are successful and also have a family... they are nearly always seen as victims.
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Acting doesn't have to be threadbare misery all the time.
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Free societies are societies in motion, and with motion comes friction.
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In reality, I don't see myself as a man hunter. In fact, when it comes to love, I am rarely the one to make the first move.
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Lastly, his tomb shall list and founder in the troughs of grass. And none shall speak his name.
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A person can't have everything in this world; and it was a little unreasonable of her to expect it.
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I want to be the first person to laugh at myself. It makes other people feel at ease - we're all on an even playing field.
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I am not the kind of leader who pontificates about what should be done - I don't operate on scenarios, and I am not a prophet.
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Obama is a great man who's just beginning to understand the realities. And I'm not just saying that because he reads my books. I would have voted for him anyway.
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I just want to show the fans my big smile and play the game that I love.
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There are so many stories from the Midwest that should be told. L.A. tells one story, and it's often about itself.
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I've always thought that we are what we remember, and the less we remember, the less we are.
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So much progress has been made with topics like mental illness and drug abuse and sexual identity.
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A month after the scandal broke, I tried to go back to work at the pharmaceutical company after a leave of absence. But because of all the publicity and resulting pressure and stress, I finally resigned.
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My kind of, like, life goal is to help train students to be good people as well as good scientists. That would be my dream.
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I am a compulsive and concise shopper.
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I think writers can get a little melodramatic sometimes about their work, and it helps me not to do that, to just say, "Well, this is how I make a living, and I need to become a very good craftsman."
