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Writers think in metaphors. Editors work in metaphors. A great reader reads in metaphors.
Steven Pressfield
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Steven Pressfield
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: September 1
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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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A great trick that I learned having worked as a screenwriter for many years, the way screenwriters work, is they break the project down into three-act structure: Act 1, Act 2, Act 3. I think that is a great way to break down any project, whether it's a new business or anything at all.
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The instinct that pulls us toward art is the impulse to evolve, to learn, to heighten and elevate our consciousness. The Ego hates this. Because the more awake we become, the less we need the Ego.
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Courage is inseparable from love and leads to what may arguably be the noblest of all warrior virtues: selflessness.
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Every sun casts a shadow, and genius's shadow is Resistance.
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We need to ascend beyond our own petty Resistance, our own negative self-judgment and self-sabotage, our own I'm not worthy mind-set.
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Don't prepare. Begin. Our enemy is not lack of preparation. The enemy is resistance, our chattering brain producing excuses. Start before you are ready.
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Resistance by definition is self-sabotage.
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Resistance is implacable, intractable, indefatigable.
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He who whets his steel, whets his courage
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I am going to write my symphony I'm just going to start tomorrow.
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A writer writes with his genius an artist paints with hers everyone who creates operates from this sacramental center.
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The opposite of fear is love - love of the challenge, love of the work, the pure joyous passion to take a shot at our dream and see if we can pull it off.
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The artist and the mother are vehicles, not originators. They don't create the new life, they only bear it. This is why birth is such a humbling experience. The new mom weeps in awe at the little miracle in her arms. She knows it came out of her but not from her, through her but not of her.
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Resistance cannot be seen, touched, heard, or smelled. But it can be felt.
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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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The difference between an amateur and a professional is in their habits. An amateur has amateur habits. A professional has professional habits. We can never free ourselves from habit. But we can replace bad habits with good ones.
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No industry is immune and no occupation is safe. All of us need to begin to think in terms of our own inner strengths, our resilience and resourcefulness, our capacity to adapt and to rely upon ourselves and our families.
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Do I really believe that my work is crucial to the planet's survival? Of course not. But it's as important to me as catching that mouse is to the hawk circling outside my window. He's hungry. He needs a kill. So do I.
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It's one thing to lie to ourselves. It's another thing to believe it.
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