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In combat, spontaneity rules rote performance of technique perishes.
Bruce Lee
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Bruce Lee
Age: 32 †
Born: 1940
Born: November 27
Died: 1973
Died: July 20
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I'm moving and not moving at all. I'm like the moon underneath the waves that ever go on rolling and rocking. It is not, I am doing this, but rather, an inner realization that this is happening through me, or it is doing this for me. The consciousness of self is the greatest hindrance to the proper execution of all physical action.
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But to those who kept saying It can't be done, Never are the victories Or the honors won. But, rather, By the believing, doing kind, While the doubters Watched from far behind.
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Long-term consistency trumps short-term intensity.
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A self-willed man obeys a different law, the one law I, too, hold absolutely sacred the human law in himself, his own individual will.
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I treasure the memory of the past misfortunes. It has added more to my bank of fortitude.
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Do not run away let go. Do not seek for it will come when least expected.
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We [tend to] have more faith in what we imitate than in what we originate. We [often feel that we] cannot derive a sense of absolute certitude from anything which has its root in us. The most poignant sense of insecurity comes from standing alone we are not alone when we imitate.
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Take no thought of who is right or wrong or who is better than. Be not for or against.
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