From that day, I vowed never to squander a moment's care ov… - Steven Pressfield

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From that day, I vowed never to squander a moment's care over the good opinion of others. May they rot in hell. You have heard of my abstemiousness in matters of food and sex. Here is why: I punished myself. If I caught my thoughts straying to another's opinion of me, I sent myself to bed without supper. As for women, I likewise permitted myself none. I missed no few meals, and no small pleasure, before I brought this vice under control.

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Steven Pressfield (born September 1943) is an American author of historical fiction and non-fiction, and screenplays.

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