Steven Pressfield Quotes

Turning pro is a mindset. If we are struggling with fear, self-sabotage, procrastination, self-doubt, etc., the problem is, we're thinking like amateurs. Amateurs don't show up. Amateurs crap out. Amateurs let adversity defeat them. The pro thinks differently. He shows up, he does his work, he keeps on truckin', no matter what.

Steven Pressfield

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I don't mean this to sound cliche, but it's really about the work for me. I like to keep working on things.

Jeremy Luke

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People say, 'What are your hobbies?' I say, 'I've been doing shows ever since I was a kid.' When I left college, all I wanted to be was a musical theater chick. I auditioned tons. It just didn't pan out.

Stephanie Courtney

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Communism seemed to be an ideal experiment in trying to achieve a state where all persons have greater democracy. I might add, like other persons here and elsewhere, I found myself concerned with the problem of increasing need for greater economic and political democracy for greater numbers of people.

Sidney Buchman

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There are two places where I can completely relax: in nature and by the piano.

Sigrid

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We are constantly being surprised that people did things well before we were born.

Robert Benchley

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My family actually lived in the same village for about 400 years. They had great stability until the last century. People lived and intermarried in small villages.

Roger Bannister

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A savory chef must first master his knife skills and understand the basics of sauces and soups, etc., before he/she may move on to become a great chef. It is no different for pastry chefs. If you do not have a strong foundation and are a master of the basics, then you will never be that strong - you will never be a master of the trade - period.

Johnny Iuzzini

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My thing with failure, just forget about it and get up and do it again.

JoJo Siwa

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The threat to free television. The reason television is free is because it is a life support system for commercials. That fundamental aspect is about to change.

Dick Wolf

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Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount.

Clare Boothe Luce

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There are times where the dysfunction in the Senate just goes too far.

Bob Corker

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'Boy' is one of my top-five favorite movies of all time.

Wyatt Russell

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