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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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If you were meant to cure cancer or write a symphony or crack cold fusion and you don't do it, you not only hurt yourself, even destroy yourself. You hurt your children. You hurt me. You hurt the planet.
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The Spartans say that any army may win while it still has legs under it the real test comes when all strength is fled and the men must produce victory on will alone.
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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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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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You have never tasted freedom, friend, or you would know it is purchased not with gold, but steel.
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