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When a man has fulfilled all four of these requisites-to be wide awake, to have fear, respect, and absolute assurance-there are no mistakes for which he will have to account; under such conditions his actions lose the blundering quality of the acts of a fool. If such a man fails, or suffers a defeat, he will have lost only a battle, and there will be no pitiful regrets over that. Carlos Castaneda
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If his spirit is distorted he should simply fix it-purge it, make it perfect-because there is no other task in our entire lives which is more worthwhile...To seek the perfection of the warrior's spirit is the only task worthy of our temporariness, our manhood. Carlos Castaneda
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To be a warrior is not a simple matter of wishing to be one. It is rather an endless struggle that will go on to the very last moment of our lives. Nobody is born a warrior, in exactly the same way that nobody is born an average man. We make ourselves into one or the other. Carlos Castaneda
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Personal history must be constantly renewed by telling parents, relatives, and friends everything one does. On the other hand, for the warrior who has no personal history, no explanations are needed; nobody is angry or disillusioned with his acts. And above all, no one pins him down with their thoughts and their expectations. Carlos Castaneda
courage warrior years
There are lots of things a warrior can do at a certain time which he couldn't do years before. Those things themselves did not change; what changed was his idea of himself. Carlos Castaneda
courage warrior decision
A rule of thumb for a warrior is that he makes his decisions so carefully that nothing that may happen as a result of them can surprise him, much less drain his power. Carlos Castaneda
courage humble eye
The self-confidence of the warrior is not the self-confidence of the average man. The average man seeks certainty in the eyes of the onlooker and calls that self-confidence. The warrior seeks impeccability in his own eyes and calls that humbleness. The average man is hooked to his fellow men, while the warrior is hooked only to infinity. Carlos Castaneda
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When finally I mustered the courage to tell a novelist friend that I was talking to editors about a biography, her reply was, 'Oh, that's okay. That's not a real book.' Stacy Schiff
courage failure humility
Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself. Charlie Chaplin
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But my eyes were riveted on a small slim woman her hair simply coiled into her neck, Katherine Glasier. Ellen Wilkinson
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She will come after us with $10 million. She simply writes another check, Slade Gorton
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There are times when you feel you simply can't go on. Ian Botham
simply strange
Acting is not an intellectual process for me. It comes from my heart. It's this strange netherworld of osmosis where I simply become. Rhys Ifans
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I can tell you that simply did not happen. Jim Wilkinson
simply talk
I don't just want to talk about goals. I know we can get there. We simply can't wait. Becky Lourey
simply standing thrown
I never thought I'd go on a show like 'The X Factor,' simply because I didn't have enough confidence to do something like standing on a stage to have opinions thrown at me. Ella Henderson
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We think there are simply too many many instances of 'borrowing' for this to have been unintentional. Steve Ross
simply strength
Forecasting is simply not a strength of the species; we are much better with tools and narrative storytelling. Barry Ritholtz