We will have to choose between the life we want for our future and the life we have left behind.
STEVEN PRESSFIELDStay stupid. Follow your unconventional crazy heart.
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Slay that dragon once, and he will never have power over you again.
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Seeking support from friends and and family is like having people gathered around at your deathbed. It’s nice, but when the ship sails, all they can do is stand on the dock waving goodbye.
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The best and only thing that one artist can do for another is to serve as an example and an inspiration.
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The more scared we are of a work or calling, the more sure we can be that we have to do it.
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Figure out what scares you the most and do that first.
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Resistance by definition is self-sabotage.
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Always attack. Even in defense, attack. The attacking arm possesses the initiative and thus commands the action. To attack makes men brave; to defend makes them timorous.
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Most of us have two lives. The life we live, and the unlived life within us. Between the two stands Resistance.
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Be too dumb to quit and too stubborn to back off.
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Playing the game for money produces the proper professional attitude. It inculcates the lunch-pail state of mind that shows up for work despite rain or snow or dark of night and slugs it out day after day.
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Put your ass where your heart wants to be.
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The artist cannot look to others to validate his efforts or his calling. If you don’t believe me, ask Van Gogh, who produced masterpiece after masterpiece and never found a buyer in his whole life.
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The more fear we feel about a specific enterprise, the more certain we can be that that enterprise is important to us and to the growth of our soul.
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Don’t cheat the world of your contribution. Give it what you’ve got.
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This man has conquered the world! What have you done?” The philosopher replied without an instant’s hesitation, “I have conquered the need to conquer the world.
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