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If you find yourself asking yourself (and your friends), Am I really a writer? Am I really an artist? chances are you are. The counterfeit innovator is wildly self-confident. The real one is scared to death.
Steven Pressfield
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Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: September 1
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Slay that dragon once, and he will never have power over you again.
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What finally convinced me to go ahead was simply that I was so unhappy not going ahead.
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