The Jack Miller Archive

P: Well we he quoted the medievals a lot, scholastics and, someone complimented him and he said we he said I stand on the shoulders of giants. Dad said to me that one day I'll be able to do that with him so. #0:1:42.4#
M: Yeah. He said that toward that, was that toward the.. #0:1:46.3#
P: That was in 8th grade. #0:1:46.7#
M: 8th, all the way in 8th grade? #0:1:47.6# P: Yeah yeah. #0:1:49.4#
M: He told you that. #0:1:50.3#
P: Yeah so that was neat. #0:1:54.0#
M: That's awesome. #0:1:56.3#
P: I think he was trying to also, looking back on it I think I don't know where that came from. I think that he was he was counteracting possibly some, it was a repentance for some behavior of his that not had been stellar. #0:2:17.1#
But but dad he in both places all the dark side of dad came to fore in his inability to do a successor. His own his own struggles with envy and jealousy. My mom, dad was acting weird to me when I was in 7th or 8th grade and mom pulled me aside and she said dad struggles with jealousy with you. And I was like I was just an 8th grader. And I think she probably talked to dad about it and that's why he came back and told me that thing about you'll stand on my shoulders some day. So it just some of it was just very simple human just you know pride and power that were at work in both institutions.. #0:2:50.8#
Location: Paul Miller Interview 1