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Every morning like a scholar at his first class I prepare a blank mind for the day to write upon.

Bruce Lee

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Bruce Lee
Age: 32 †
Born: 1940
Born: November 27
Died: 1973
Died: July 20
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You must accept the fact that there is no help but self-help. I cannot tell you how to gain freedom since freedom exists within you.
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To tell the truth, I could beat anybody in the world.
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Sorrows are our best educator. A man can see further through a tear than a telescope.
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To me defeat in anything is merely temporary. Defeat simply tells me that something is wrong in my doing it is a path leading to success and truth.
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What we are after is the root and not the branches. The root is the real knowledge the branches are surface knowledge. Real knowledge breeds 'body feel' and personal expression surface knowledge breeds mechanical conditioning and imposing limitation and squelches creativity.
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The man who is really serious, with the urge to find out what truth is, has no style at all. He lives only in what is.
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Remember, success is a journey not a destination. Have faith in your ability. You will do just fine.
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When you feel pain, you know that you are still alive.
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