Many people dedicate their lives to actualizing a concept of what they should be like, rather than actualizing themselves. This difference between se… - Bruce Lee

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Many people dedicate their lives to actualizing a concept of what they should be like, rather than actualizing themselves.
This difference between self-actualization and self-image actualization is very important. Most people live only for their image

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About Bruce Lee

Lee Jun-fan (27 November 1940 – 20 July 1973), commonly known as Bruce Lee, was a Hong Kong American martial artist and actor who is widely regarded as the most influential martial artist of the 20th century.

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Pen Names: 李元鑒
Native Name: 李小龍
Alternative Names: Lee Jun-fan

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Don't get set into one form, adapt it and build your own, and let it grow, be like water. Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless — like water. Now you put water in a cup, it becomes the cup; You put water into a bottle it becomes the bottle; You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.

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