"If mere mechanical efficiency can make everyone a martial artist, then all is well. Unfortunately, combat, like freedom, is something that can not be preconceived."

-- Bruce Lee

#Artist Quotes #Martial Arts Quotes #Efficiency Quotes

“Patience! Patience! Patience is the invention of dullards and sluggards. In a well-regulated world there should be no need of such a thing as patience.”

Source : Grace King, E. Catherine Falvey (1994). “Balcony Stories”, p.4, Rowman & Littlefield
“Gradually I saw that it was less interesting for me, as an artist, to frame the world wholly according to my own perceptions. I wanted instead to create situations in which I allowed others' perceptions to surface with my own.”
“The more you think about your own self, the more self-centred you are, the more trouble even small problems can create in your mind. The stronger your sense of 'I', the narrower the scope of your thinking becomes; then even small obstacles become unbearable. On the other hand, if you concern yourself mainly with others, the broader your thinking becomes, and life's inevitable difficulties disturb you less.”
“First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.”
“Characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.”
“School allowed me to have outlets so that some of the pressure was taken off the acting. Every role in every movie, I used to live or die by. Once I had these new outlets, I relaxed a lot more.”
“Mythology is a vast body of knowledge that has not been tapped.”
“I think the difference between writing as someone and writing for them is that when you write for someone, you take on a kind of political burden or message, which I don't think we have the right to do.”

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