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If you're are paralyzed with fear it's a good sign. It shows you what you have to do.
Steven Pressfield
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Steven Pressfield
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: September 1
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F@*# self-doubt. I despise it. I hold it in contempt, along with the hell-spawned ooze-pit of Resistance from which it crawled. I will NEVER back off. I will NEVER give the work anything less than 100%. If I go down in flames, so be it. I'll be back.
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The only intercourse possible between the knight and the dragon is battle.
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When we turn pro we stop running from our fears. We turn around and face them.
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On the field of The Self stand a knight and a dragon. You are the knight. Resistance is the dragon.
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Of any activity you do, ask yourself: If I were the last person on earth, would I still do it?
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The more you love your art/ calling/ enterprise, the more important its accomplishment to the evolution of your soul, the more you will fear it and the more Resistance you will experience facing it.
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The critic hates most that which he would have done himself if he had had the guts.
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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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The professional conducts his business in the real world. Adversity, injustice, bad hops and rotten calls, even good breaks and lucky bounces all comprise the ground over which the campaign must be waged. The field is level, the professional understands, only in heaven.
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