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The professional tackles the project that will make him stretch. He takes on the assignment that will bear him into uncharted waters, compel him to explore unconscious parts of himself. Is he scared? Hell, yes. He’s petrified.

Steven Pressfield

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The most important thing about art is to work. Nothing else matters except sitting down every day and trying.
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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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A child has no trouble believing the unbelievable, nor does the genius or the madman. It’s only you and I, with our big brains and our tiny hearts, who doubt and overthink and hesitate.
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The critic hates most that which he would have done himself if he had had the guts.
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When we turn pro we stop running from our fears. We turn around and face them.
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The professional will not tolerate disorder… He wants the carpet vacuumed and the threshold swept, so the Muse may enter and not soil her gown.
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It’s one thing to lie to ourselves. It’s another thing to believe it.
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The professional loves her work. She is invested in it wholeheartedly. But she does not forget that the work is not her.
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Research can become Resistance. We want to work, not prepare to work.
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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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