"I often learn more about myself from listening to the life story of a friend than I do reflecting on my own story."

-- Donald Miller

#Listening Quotes #Stories Quotes #Life Story Quotes

“I want the people looking at my work to feel a sense of all the possibilities of painting, and, through that, in life as a whole. When that happens, I feel I've accomplished something useful.”
“There is no substitute for hard work.”
“Being is unrecognizable unless it manages to seem, and seeming is feeble unless it manages to be.”
“It is impossible for us, who live in the latter ages of the world, to make observations in criticism, morality, or in any art or science, which have not been touched upon by others. We have little else left us but to represent the common sense of mankind in more strong, more beautiful, or more uncommon lights.”
“When it comes to the heart and soul, only the Bible can bring true and lasting changes.”

Source : Jim George (2015). “A Young Man After God's Own Heart: A Teen's Guide to a Life of Extreme Adventure”, p.23, Harvest House Publishers
“I want to take the time right now to thank all the people who believed in me from day one. Gracias, gracias a todo gente creo en me. You know, I can prove that dreams do come true. I'm living proof that dreams come true in life.”
“The reason why some people love to engage in dangerous activities, such as mountain climbing, car racing, and so on, although they may not be aware of it, is that it forces them into the Now - that intensely alive state that is free of time, free of problems, free of thinking, free of the burden of the personality.”
“I'm the only Mauritanian filmmaker so it wouldn't make sense to make a film in France. I could shoot outside of my own country if the story was something that called for it. Africa really has to be the reason for me to make a new film.”

Source : Source: blogs.indiewire.com

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