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It is one thing to study war and another to live the warrior's life.

Steven Pressfield

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Steven Pressfield
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: September 1
Author
Novelist
Screenwriter
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Port-of-Spain
Warrior
Motivational
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Another
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Life

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