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Steven Pressfield
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: September 1
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Resistance will tell you anything to keep you from doing your work.
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The part we create from can't be touched by anything our parents did, or society did. That part is unsullied, uncorrupted soundproof, waterproof, and bulletproof. In fact, the more troubles we've got, the better and richer that part becomes.
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Writers think in metaphors. Editors work in metaphors. A great reader reads in metaphors.
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We will have to choose between the life we want for our future and the life we have left behind.
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Persian envoy our arrows will black out the sun... Dienekes of the Spartans..Good, then we'll fight in the shade.
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Resistance by definition is self-sabotage.
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The professional has learned that success, like happiness, comes as a by-product of work. The professional concentrates on the work and allows rewards to come or not come, whatever they like.
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The song we’re composing already exists in potential. Our work is to find it.
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The athlete knows the day will never come when he wakes up pain-free. He has to play hurt.
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Socrates demonstrated long ago, that the truly free individual is free only to the extent of his own self-mastery.
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We cannot let external criticism, even if it's true, fortify our internal foe. That foe is strong enough already.
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Slay that dragon once, and he will never have power over you again.
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A work-in-progress generates its own energy field. You, the artist or entrepreneur, are pouring love into the work you are suffusing it with passion and intention and hope.
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If you're are paralyzed with fear it's a good sign. It shows you what you have to do.
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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 awakening an artist must be ruthless, not only with herself but with others.
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The professional does not wait for inspiration he acts in anticipation of it.
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Playing the game for money produces the proper professional attitude. It inculcates the lunch-pail state of mind that shows up for work despite rain or snow or dark of night and slugs it out day after day.
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It is a commonplace among artists and children at play that they're not aware of time or solitude while they're chasing their vision. The hours fly. The sculptress and the tree-climbing tyke both look up blinking when Mom calls, 'Suppertime!'
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When a novelist or screenwriter is looking for a subject, the element he's seeking is conflict. Conflict makes drama. Conflict produces great characters and memorable scenes. So war is a natural topic.
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