I can feel very brave through all the action scenes in front of the people who are on the set, but when a girl comes close to me my face turns red because I’m so shy.
JET LII’ve been learning martial arts since I was 8 years old.
More Jet Li Quotes
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Every President that went to China, I would meet them and have dinner and talk about the past and the future. That was in the ’70s.
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Wushu is a move in Chinese, a physical move. An attack. Wushu is like an art.
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When you have a friend you work with for 15 years, you become like brothers.
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I need to talk about Chinese culture. We have deep, strong philosophy and culture. I want to share some information, tell the worldwide audience.
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I knew nothing about martial arts. The coach told me I was talented with learning martial arts, and put me in a school. Three years later I got my first championship in China.
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I believe the world is one big family, and we need to help each other.
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I’ve been learning martial arts since I was 8 years old.
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If you are always allowed to stop training whenever you feel discomfort, you will find it too easy to give yourself permission to quit.
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I stepped into the martial arts movie market when I was only 16. I think I have proved my ability in this field and it won’t make sense for me to continue for another five or 10 years.
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I never stopped studying Buddhism. In the past few years, in between movies, I do a retreat.
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Zhang Yimou tried to use martial arts to talk about Chinese culture, Chinese people. What do they think, what do they want and what do they hope.
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I remember when I was 11, I did some Kung-fu demonstrations in Hong Kong in 1974.
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Everywhere I go, I still have time to meditate. People think meditating is sitting there, nobody bothering you, but you can even talk and still meditate
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Bruce Lee was very famous. I watched his movies and he is amazing. He is a martial arts master, his philosophy, his movement, both physically and mentally, were very strong.
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My wife wanted my children to have some Chinese culture and education. She believes the children need to learn two languages and two cultures.
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You can beat me up, but don’t touch my hair, I will kill you!
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When I lived in Hong Kong, I felt that Hong Kong is my family.
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Martial arts have two parts. One is external, other internal. The external is physical part. The internal is philosophy of how to be, what kind of person learns martial arts.
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I want to thank my mum, my daddy, my coach, my teacher, everybody in my life.
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You can use martial arts to tell a different story. Ang Lee used martial arts in ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’ to talk about love.
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I think the most important is when I was young, I learnt martial arts; that is my special key.
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My wife is the boss at home, and my daughters are the bosses. I am just the worker. We are a very warm family and very happy.
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A mob is a group of persons with heads but no brains.
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You need to drop down. Nobody is perfect, nobody is superhero.
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Tibetan Buddhism, has inspired me and accelerated my understanding of life.
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Failure is a fuel for excuses.
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