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Knowledge earns you power, character earns you respect.

Bruce Lee

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Bruce Lee
Age: 32 †
Born: 1940
Born: November 27
Died: 1973
Died: July 20
Actor
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
Martial Artist
Philosopher
Screenwriter
Stunt Coordinator
Stunt Performer
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Tung Wah Dispensary
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Evaluation by others is not a guide for me.
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One rule is to not use complicated techniques unless they are necessary to achieve your goal. First, use simple movements, and if they don't work, then introduce the more complex ones.
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Conditioning obstructs our view of reality. We do not see IT in its suchness because of our indoctrination, crooked and twisted.
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A quality martial artist is always ready for any move, and trains oneself invincible.
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Be like water making its way through cracks. Do not be assertive, but adjust to the object, and you shall find a way round or through it. If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose themselves.
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To be honest to oneself, and that is very hard to do.
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Know the difference between a catastrophe and an inconvenience.
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A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.
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Reality is apparent when one ceases to compare.
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If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose themselves. Moving, be like water. Still, be like a mirror. Respond like an echo.
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You will never get any more out of this life than you expect.
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I've come to understand that life is best lived, not conceptualized.
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Everyone wants to learn how to win, but no one wants to learn how to accept defeat.
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It is true that the mental aspect of kung-fu is the desired end however, to achieve this end, technical skill must come first.
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The idea is that flowing water never goes stale, so just keep on flowing.
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I have always been a martial artist by choice, an actor by profession, but above all, am actualising myself to be an artist of life.
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If you don't want to slip up tomorrow, speak the truth today.
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Ever since I was a child I have had this instinctive urge for expansion and growth. To me, the function and duty of a quality human being is the sincere and honest development of one's potential.
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There’s only one basic principle of self-defense- you must apply the most effective weapon, as soon as possible, to the most vulnerable target.
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It's not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential.
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