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Quotes from The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists — Neil Strauss

born 1973 United States

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In order to excel at anything, there are always hurdles, obstacles, or challenges one must get past.

The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists (2005)

The great thing about the heart is that it has no master, despite what reason may think.

The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists (2005)

To get a woman, you have to be willing to risk losing her.

The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists (2005)

We have this idea that love is supposed to last forever. But love isn't like that. It's a free-flowing energy that comes and goes when it pleases.

The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists (2005)

Usually, what you wish for doesn't fall in your lap; it falls somewhere nearby, and you have to recognize it, stand up, and put in the time and work it takes to get to it.

The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists (2005)

Men are not dogs. We merely think we are and, on occasion, act as if we are. But, by believing in our nobler nature, women have the amazing power to inspire us to live up to it.

The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists (2005)

A man has two primary drives in early adulthood: one toward power, success, and accomplishment; the other toward love, companionship, and sex. Half of life then was out of order. To go before them was to stand up as a man and admit that I was only half a man.

The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists (2005)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Neil Strauss (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.