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The athlete knows the day will never come when he wakes up pain-free. He has to play hurt.
Steven Pressfield
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Steven Pressfield
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: September 1
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Right now with blogs and the flood of internet access, a multitude of aspiring writers think they're ready for prime time. They're not. Be great. Read. Write. Bust your ass. Learn and find your voice. As hard as you think it is, it's a hundred times harder.
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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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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.
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