Bruce Lee Martial Artist
- Gender: Male
- Citizenship: United States
- Born: Nov 27, 1940
- Died: Jul 20, 1973
Bruce Lee was a Hong Kong action film actor, Hong Kong American martial artist, martial arts instructor, philosopher, filmmaker, and the founder of Jeet Kune Do. Lee was the son of Cantonese opera star Lee Hoi-Chuen. He is widely considered by commentators, critics, media and other martial artists to be one of the most influential martial artists of all time, and a pop culture icon of the 20th century. He is often credited with helping to change the way Asians were presented in American films.
Lee was born in Chinatown, San Francisco on November 27, 1940 to parents from Hong Kong and was raised in Kowloon with his family until his late teens. He was introduced to the film industry by his father and appeared in several films as a child actor. Lee moved to the United States at the age of 18 to receive his higher education, at the University of Washington, and it was during this time that he began teaching martial arts. His Hong Kong and Hollywood-produced films elevated the traditional Hong Kong martial arts film to a new level of popularity and acclaim, sparking a surge of interest in Chinese martial arts in the West in the 1970s.
Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.
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The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering.
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All fixed set patterns are incapable of adaptability or pliability. The truth is outside of all fixed patterns.
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If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is made up of.
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If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done.
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Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.
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I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.
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To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person.
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Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it.
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The less effort, the faster and more powerful you will be.
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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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