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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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When we sit down each day and do our work, power concentrates around us... Ideas come. Insights accrete.
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The professional conducts his business in the real world. Adversity, injustice, bad hops and rotten calls, even good breaks and lucky bounces all comprise the ground over which the campaign must be waged. The field is level, the professional understands, only in heaven.
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