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When we conquer our fears, we discover a boundless, bottomless, inexhaustible well of passion.
Steven Pressfield
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Steven Pressfield
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: September 1
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Seeking support from friends and and family is like having people gathered around at your deathbed. It's nice, but when the ship sails, all they can do is stand on the dock waving goodbye.
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The last element in drama is high stakes. War, of course, is life and death - survival, not only for the story's characters, but often for the society itself. That's why I'm drawn to stories that are built around wars, even if they're not technically war stories.
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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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We feed it [Resistance] with power by our fear of it. Master that fear and we conquer Resistance.
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