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Do we have to stare death in the face to make us stand up and confront Resistance?

—Steven Pressfield

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Resistance
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You have never tasted freedom, friend,” Dienekes spoke, “or you would know it is purchased not with gold, but steel.

—Steven Pressfield

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FreedomWarriorWarrior-Ethos
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The artist must be like that Marine. He has to know how to be miserable. He has to love being miserable.

—Steven Pressfield

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ArtArtistMiserable
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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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Resistance
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Rule of thumb: The more important a call or action is to our soul’s evolution, the Resistance we will feel toward pursuing it.

—Steven Pressfield

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ArtCreativityInspirational
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War, not peace, produces virtue. War, not peace, purges vice. War, and preparation for war, call forth all that is noble and honorable in a man. It unites him with his brothers and binds them...

—Steven Pressfield

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ValorVirtueWar
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If you’re are paralyzed with fear it’s a good sign. It shows you what you have to do.

—Steven Pressfield

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FearResistance
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Writers think in metaphors. Editors work in metaphors. A great reader reads in metaphors.All are continually asking, “What does this represent? What does it stand for?”They are trying to take everything one level deeper. When...

—Steven Pressfield

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DepthMetaphorReaders
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Its [Resistance] aim is to shove us away, distract us from doing our work.

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DistractDistractionResistance
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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.

—Steven Pressfield

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ArtMotivationWriting
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Sweetest of all is liberty. This we have chosen and this we pay for. We have embraced the laws of Lykurgus, and they are stern laws. They have schooled us to scorn the life of...

—Steven Pressfield

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DisciplineLibertySacrifice
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The professional learns to recognize envy-driven criticism and to take it for what it is: the supreme compliment. The critic hates most that which he would have done himself if he had had the guts.

—Steven Pressfield

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ArtCreativityEnvy
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He who whets his steel, whets his courage

—Steven Pressfield

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InspiratonalMilitary
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We fear discovering that we are more than we think we are. More than our parents/children/teachers think we are. We fear that we actually possess the talent that our still, small voice tells us. That...

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FearInspirational
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Stay stupid. Follow your unconventional, crazy heart.

—Steven Pressfield

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Advice
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Resistance has no conscience.

—Steven Pressfield

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Resistance
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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.

—Steven Pressfield

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ArtInspirationMotivation
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virtue.

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DistractionsFocusGetting-Results
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Our job in this life is not to shape ourselves into some ideal we imagine we ought to be, but to find out who we already are and become it.

—Steven Pressfield

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Creative-ThinkingCreativityInspiration
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Fame Imperishable and glory that will never die — that is what we march for!

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FameGlory
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Fear doesn’t go away. The warrior and the artist live by the same code of necessity, which dictates that the battle must be fought anew every day.

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Fear
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The sign of the amateur is overglorification of and preoccupation with the mystery. The professional shuts up. She doesn’t talk about it. She does her work.

—Steven Pressfield

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Resistance is the most toxic force on the planet.

—Steven Pressfield

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ResistanceToxic
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To yield to Resistance deforms our spirit. It stunts us and makes us less than we are and were born to be.

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Born-To-BeMeant-To-BePurpose
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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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ConquerNeed
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To labor in the arts for any reason other than love is prostitution.

—Steven Pressfield

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Resistance is experienced as fear; the degree of fear equates to the strength of Resistance.

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FearResistance
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Always attack. Even in defense, attack. The attacking arm possesses theinitiative and thus commands the action. To attack makes men brave; to defendmakes them timorous.

—Steven Pressfield

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AttackMoving-ForwardProgress
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. . . None of us are born as passive generic blobs waiting for the world to stamp its imprint on us. Instead we show up possessing already a highly refined and individuated soul.Another way...

—Steven Pressfield

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ArtIdentityWriting
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We’re wrong if we think we’re the only ones struggling with Resistance. Everyone who has a body experiences Resistance.

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Resistance
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When we drug ourselves to blot out our soul’s call, we are being good Americans and exemplary consumers.

—Steven Pressfield

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AmericaArtConsumerism
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Resistance is not a peripheral opponent. Resistance arises from within. It is self-generated and self-perpetuated. resistance is the enemy within.

—Steven Pressfield

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EnemyResistance
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