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Aikidoka Inspirational Quotes (263)

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My grandfather was the first feminist in my life. He taught me if a woman can do something, a man will respect her.
Pam Grier
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I'm not stupid. I can tell what's what.
Nick Diaz
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The Vision Festival was packed every night, always has been for the four years it's been happening.
Joseph Jarman
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There are times when you may be overwhelmed by the teachings of the Way. At such moments, it is important to continue with the original spirit of a beginner.
Morihei Ueshiba
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Your spirit is the true shield.
Morihei Ueshiba
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I take every role seriously. Personally, I never look at any role as Michael White. I've done that my entire life.
Michael Jai White
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Coming from the '50s, things were very violent. We were still being lynched. If I drove down through the South with my mother, I might not make it through one state without being bullied or harassed. I feel like unless you've been black for a week, you don't know.
Pam Grier
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Opponents confront us continually, but actually there is no opponent there. Enter deeply into an attack and neutralize it as you draw that misdirected force into your own sphere.
Morihei Ueshiba
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I don't believe that I should just do A-movies, I just do the work as an artist.
Pam Grier
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Any great warrior is also a scholar, and a poet, and an artist.
Steven Seagal
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Foster and polish the warrior spirit while serving in the world illuminate the path according to your inner light.
Morihei Ueshiba
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Driving a cab is not really a nurturing type of relationship. You take people and they tip you, they may not tip you, you don't know their names, they don't care about you, you don't care about them.
Pam Grier
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Education is... doing anything that changes you.
George Leonard
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It is necessary to develop a strategy that utilizes all the physical conditions and elements that are directly at hand. The best strategy relies upon an unlimited set of responses.
Morihei Ueshiba
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The steps aren’t enough. Feel the music.
Patrick Swayze
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Pour some water into a tub and stir it up. Now try as hard as you can to calm the water with your hands you will succeed in agitating it further. Let it stand undisturbed a while, and it will calm down by itself. The human brain works much the same way.
Koichi Tohei
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One does not need buildings, money, power, or status to practice the Art of Peace. Heaven is right where you are standing, and that is the place to train.
Morihei Ueshiba
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At the heart of it, mastery is practice. Mastery is staying on the path.
George Leonard
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People know Tyler Perry, and there are standards they've come to expect from him. His brand is uplifting, and it's something a lot of inner-city African-Americans can relate to.
Michael Jai White
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My life's a mess. I'm not afraid to admit it.
Nick Diaz
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There's people saying that 'Jackie Brown' was a blaxploitation movie, when there's nothing at all blaxploitation about it other than Pam Grier being in it.
Michael Jai White
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I myself am a very nonviolent person and only resort to violence when I absolutely have to.
Steven Seagal
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Not to dream more boldly may turn out to be, in view of present realities, simply irresponsible.
George Leonard
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I can pass a drug test in eight days with herbal cleansers. I drink 10 pounds of water and sweat out 10 pounds of water every day. I'll be fine.
Nick Diaz
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