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In my research, I learned that the Boxers' kung fu wasn't all that formalized. The vast majority of them didn't belong to some age-old martial arts tradition. They were basically poor, starving teenagers doing the best they could to figure out how to fight, relying more on their mystical beliefs than formal training.

~Gene Luen Yang

Topics: Age-Old Arts Basically Beliefs Belong Best Boxers Could Doing Fight Figure Formal How Kung Kung Fu Learned Majority Martial Martial Arts More Mystical Out Poor Relying Research Some Starving Teenagers Than Them Tradition Training Vast Vast Majority Were

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The strength of a civilization is not measured by its ability to fight wars, but rather by its ability to prevent them.

~Gene Roddenberry

Topics: Ability Civilization Fight Measured Prevent Rather Strength Them Wars

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Though I was not a belligerent kid, I do not think I ever passed up a good opportunity to fight.

~Gene Tunney

Topics: Ever Fight Good Kid Opportunity Passed Think Though Up

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There's a million leading men on TV today that are perfectly great, and their jobs are fantastic. But it's not as interesting to me when every fight they win, every case they solve, every girl they get.

~Geoff Stults

Topics: Case Every Fantastic Fight Get Girl Great Interesting Jobs Leading Me Men Million Perfectly Solve Today Tv Win

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Convincing people to give your way a try will work if you neutralize - and sometimes you have to cauterize - the ones who really are against change. They're the kind of person who, if you tell them it's raining outside, they'll fight you tooth and nail.

~Geoffrey Canada

Topics: Against Change Convincing Fight Give Kind Nail Outside People Person Raining Really Sometimes Tell Them Tooth Try Way Who Will Work You Your

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We are too quick to put labels on things. It is my profession. I get up and paint. Everyone wants to put a label on it, but I am a free spirit, so I fight against that.

~Geoffrey Holder

Topics: Against Am Everyone Fight Free Free Spirit Get Label Labels Paint Profession Put Quick Spirit Things Too Up Wants I Am

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Others indeed may talk, and write, and fight about liberty, and make an outward pretence to it; but the free-thinker alone is truly free.

~George Berkeley

Topics: About Alone Fight Free Indeed Liberty Make May Others Outward Pretence Talk Truly Write

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In a battle all you need to make you fight is a little hot blood and the knowledge that it's more dangerous to lose than to win.

~George Bernard Shaw

Topics: Battle Blood Dangerous Fight Hot Knowledge Little Lose Make More Need Than Win You

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Don't fight the problem, decide it.

~George C. Marshall

Topics: Decide Fight Problem

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Job's avoidance of rebellion against God has nothing to do with God being good or wise or anything like that; it's strictly because God is so powerful, and you don't fight something when you are so much weaker than that which you would fight.

~George C. Williams

Topics: Against Anything Avoidance Because Being Fight God Good Job Like Much Nothing Powerful Rebellion Something Strictly Than Weaker Which Wise Would You

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