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“There's a lot of letters, and a lot of people come say "hi" at book signings, but I'm amazed at how normal everybody is.”

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Donald Miller

Donald Miller, born on August 12, 1971, is a renowned American author. His works delve into themes of life, faith, and growth in an accessible way, resonating with a wide audience. more

“I think we can provide better stories through providing mentors, and certainly part of my story is providing mentors to kids growing up without dads. I think positive male role models go a long way in terms of rescuing kids from a life of trouble.I think positive male role models go a long way in terms of rescuing kids from a life of trouble.”

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“There are about 360,000 churches in America, so we could mentor a million kids within a short period of time if everyone signed on, which, of course, is a pipedream, but we're going to reach toward that.”

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Author:Donald Miller

“If you buy the website, maybe you'll do something with it. But so far I haven't; we'll see.”

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Author:Donald Miller

“Before I studied story, I was trying to write a novel, and it was terrible. It wasn't going anywhere, and I couldn't figure out what I was trying to do. It was really hard; much harder than I thought it was going to be. Now that I've studied story, I think I'd have a different approach and maybe I could actually get it done.”

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Author:Donald Miller

“I don't read a lot of inspirational books for life. But for writing, I think the two best books are The War of Art and William Zinsser's On Writing Well. I read a lot of classics.”

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“Half the time I pick up a book, that's what I'm trying to get.”

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Author:Donald Miller

“The economy is turning around, so that's going to help a little bit.”

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Author:Donald Miller

“It was hard to become an astronaut. Not anywhere near as much physical training as people imagine, but a lot of mental training, a lot of learning. You have to learn everything there is to know about the Space Shuttle and everything you are going to be doing, and everything you need to know if something goes wrong, and then once you have learned it all, you have to practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice until everything is second nature, so it's a very, very difficult training, and it takes years.”

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Author:Sally Ride

“There's a huge amount of pressure on every astronaut, because when you get right down to it, the experiments that are conducted on a space flight, or the satellites that are carried up, the work that's to be done, is important and expensive work, and you are up there for a week or two on a Space Shuttle flight. The country has invested a lot of money in you and your training, and the Space Shuttle and everything that's in it, and you have to do things correctly. You can't make a mistake during that week or two that you're in space.”

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Author:Sally Ride

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