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When there is freedom from mechanical conditioning, there is simplicity. The classical man is just a bundle of routine, ideas and tradition. If you follow the classical pattern, you are understanding the routine, the tradition, the shadow — you are not understanding yourself.

— Bruce Lee Tao of Jeet Kune Do (1975)

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The happiness that is derived from excitement is like a brilliant fire — soon it will go out.

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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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