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The point, for the thesis I'm seeking to put forward, is that there are forces we can call our allies. As Resistance works to keep us from becoming who we were born to be, equal and opposite powers are counterpoised against it. These are our allies and angels.
The War of Art
Steven Pressfield
Once a person realizes that he or she can be a professional in one domain and a beginner in another, without undue offense to the ego, that individual is at a great advantage.
Inner Skiing
W. Timothy Gallwey
The next morning, Hathaway went to visit a friend who was a defense attaché in the embassy. “What the hell is look-down, shoot-down radar?” Hathaway asked, getting right to the point. The friend replied, “Are you kidding? That’s one of the most important damn things in the world!”18 Such a radar would allow Soviet aircraft at a higher altitude to spot low-flying planes or missiles against the contours of the earth. At the time, it was believed the Soviet warplanes lacked the capability; the MiG-25 flown by Belenko did not have it. Moreover, Soviet ground-based radars also couldn’t see targets at low altitude, and the United States had spent years preparing to exploit this vulnerability, either with low-altitude bombers or with advanced cruise missiles to fly under the Soviet radars.
The Billion Dollar Spy
David E. Hoffman
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