Martial Quotes
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'The Last Airbender' is genetically engineered for me. I love martial arts. I study it. The movie's based on a lot of Buddhist and Hindu philosophy. I was raised Hindu.
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But my middle daughter, Kate, is very involved in martial arts, and I was just at one of her competitions.
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In many ways, 'What Teachers Make: In Praise of the Greatest Job in the World' is just one big thank-you note to my teachers. The book is dedicated to my fifth and sixth grade English teacher, Dr. Joseph D'Angelo, a massive force of erudition, martial artistry, culture, and love.
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I have fought all over the world, and I am excited to be in 'EA Sports MMA' because this game is going to show the global appeal of mixed martial arts.
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I love martial – arts movies. I grew up with my dad watching kung–fu theater every Sunday. So it was kind of my thing.
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Think lightly of yourself and deeply of the world
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Exchanging blows generously, which is not uncommon in some other martial arts, is unthinkable in Shaolin philosophy, because a Shaolin disciple always assumes that an opponent is competent and able to inflict damage with just one blow.
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In their pure form, the martial arts demand the intense awareness of the meditative mind, and have nothing to do with anger or wanton aggression. A practitioner is taught from the outset that the skills must never be used for personal gain, but only in self-defence or in the protection of others -- and even then only enough force as is absolutely necessary should be used.
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When defeated ask yourself what mistakes invited the attack. This kind of positive thinking any fighter must possess.
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The Art of Peace is medicine for a sick world. There is evil and disorder in the world, because people have forgotten that all things emanate from one source. Return to that source and leave behind all self-centered thoughts, petty desires, and anger. Those who are possessed by nothing possess everything.
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I will continue to practice a martial arts form along with the mental and spiritual aspect that come with building a balanced life, and I will continue to incorporate it into whatever films I can.
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It may seem difficult at first, but everything is difficult at first.
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We want to be seen as more than just martial artists, or bad stereotype token roles in American TV and movies.
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Fighting is an expression. It's a form of speech, and that's why they call it martial arts. It's an art.
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The nation that will insist upon drawing a broad line of demarcation between the fighting man and the thinking man is liable to find its fighting done by fools and its thinking by cowards.
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All art is political, all art is a martial one.
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No Fear, No Hesitation, No Surprise, No Doubt
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I've always been huge into martial arts.
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I love doing action; I love doing martial arts. There's almost something balletic about it.
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Kempo is for the street first; everything else is secondary.
