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Real Quotes by Steven Pressfield
- 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 professional conducts his business in the real world. Adversity, injustice, bad hops and rotten calls, even good breaks and lucky bounces all comprise the…
- There's a secret that real writers know that wannabe writers don't, and the secret is this: It's not the writing part that's hard. What's hard…
- The counterfeit innovator is wildly self-confident. The real one is scared to death.
- Sometimes, when we're terrified of embracing our true calling, we'll pursue a shadow calling instead. That shadow career is a metaphor for our real career.…
- Look in your own heart. Unless I'm crazy, right now a still small voice is piping up, telling you as it has ten thousand times,…
- Nothing is as empowering as real-world validation, even if it's for failure.
- If you find yourself asking yourself (and your friends), "Am I really a writer? Am I really an artist?" chances are you are. The counterfeit…
- This is the other secret that real artists know and wannabe writers don’t. When we sit down each day and do our work, power concentrates…
- We’re all pros already. 1) We show up every day 2) We show up no matter what 3) We stay on the job all day…
- If you want to send a manuscript, send it to an agent. And send a letter first, asking permission. Launch it into the real world…
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- I design for real people. I think of our customers all the time. There is no virtue whatsoever in creating clothing or… — Giorgio Armani
- Getting over someone is a grieving process. You mourn the loss of the relationship, and that's only expedited by 'Out of sight,… — Hank Azaria
- A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought me more… — Frank Abagnale
- When you work on something that combines both the spectacular and the relatable, the hyperreal and the real, it suddenly can become… — J. J. Abrams
- Real knowledge, like everything else of value, is not to be obtained easily. It must be worked for, studied for, thought for,… — Thomas Arnold
- You can fake your age or mask it, but the passion that moves the characters has to be real. — Victoria Abril
- We believe that Lebanon has been the first real experience for all the Arabs. — Bashar al-Assad
- That which has not a real excellency and value in it self, entertains no longer than the giddy Humour which recommended it… — Mary Astell
- Real education should educate us out of self into something far finer; into a selflessness which links us with all humanity. — Nancy Astor
- Crying wolf is a real danger. — David Attenborough
- I believe the Abominable Snowman may be real. I think there may be something in that. — David Attenborough
- Many individuals are doing what they can. But real success can only come if there is a change in our societies and… — David Attenborough