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Bruce Lee Martial Artist, Actor, Director
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"Jeet Kune Do favors formlessness so that it can assume all forms and since Jeet Kune Do has no style, it can fit in with all styles. As a result, Jeet Kune Do utilizes all ways and is bound by none and, likewise, uses any techniques which serve its end."

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Ramana Maharshi Spiritual Teacher
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"If one wants to abide in the thought-free state, a struggle is inevitable. One must fight one's way through before regaining one's original primal state. If one succeeds in the fight and reaches the goal, the enemy, namely the thoughts, will all subside in the Self and disappear entirely."

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Theodore Roosevelt Politician, Author
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"We despise and abhor the bully, the brawler, the oppressor, whether in private or public life, but we despise no less the coward and the voluptuary. No man is worth calling a man who will not fight rather than submit to infamy or see those that are dear to him suffer wrong."

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Robert A. Heinlein Science Fiction Author
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"But, if there ever was a time in history when "peace" meant that there was no fighting going on, I have been unable to find out about it."

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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Justice, Jurist, Author
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"But when men have realized that time has upset many fighting faiths, they may come to believe...that the best test of truth is the power of the thought to get itself accepted in the competition of the market... That at any rate is the theory of our constitution."

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Malala Yousafzai Activist, Author
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"I think that the best way to solve problems and to fight against war is through dialogue. For me the best way to fight against terrorism and extremism... just a simple thing: educate the next generation."

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