Bruce Lee

Bruce Lee (born Lee Jun-fan) was a Chinese American, Hong Kong actor, martial arts instructor, philosopher, film director, film producer, screenwriter, and founder of the Jeet Kune Do martial arts movement. He is widely considered by many commentators, critics, media and other martial artists to be the most influential martial artist, and a cultural icon.

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The meaning of life is that it is to be lived, and it is not to be traded and conceptualized and squeezed into a patter of systems.

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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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Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one.

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If you don't want to slip up tomorrow, speak the truth today.

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Don't get set into one form, adapt it and build your own, and let it grow, be like water.

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Do not deny the classical approach, simply as a reaction, or you will have created another pattern and trapped yourself there.

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Be happy, but never satisfied.

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Adapt what is useful, reject what is useless, and add what is specifically your own.

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Empty your cup so that it may be filled; become devoid to gain totality.

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Im not in this world to live up to your expectations and youre not in this world to live up to mine.

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A good teacher protects his pupils from his own influence.

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I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who had practiced one kick 10,000 times.

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Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.

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To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities.

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Art calls for complete mastery of techniques, developed by reflection within the soul.

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Don't fear failure. Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts it is glorious even to fail.

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The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering.

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Boards don't hit back.

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Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick.

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The great mistake is to anticipate the outcome of the engagement; you ought not to be thinking of whether it ends in victory or defeat. Let nature take its course, and your tools will strike at the right moment.

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Defeat is not defeat unless accepted as a reality-in your own mind.

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