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Within the chapters of Striking Thoughts, you will find the secrets of Bruce Lee's incredible success—as an actor, martial artist, and inspiration to the world. Consisting of eight sections, Striking Thoughts covers 72 topics and 825 aphorisms—from spirituality to personal liberation and from family life to filmmaking—all of which Bruce lived by. His ideas helped energize his life and career and made it possible for him to live a happy and assured life, overcoming challenging obstacles with seeming ease.

Bruce Lee is a cultural icon, world renowned for his martial arts and film legacy. But Lee was also a deeply philosophical thinker, believing that martial arts are more than just an exercise in physical discipline - they are a perfect metaphor for personal growth. In Be Water, My Friend Shannon Lee shares previously untold stories from her father's life along with the concepts at the core of his teachings.

In this new edition, Steve Bruce discusses the continuing arguments for social egalitarianism, considering issues such as gay marriage, women in combat roles, and the 2010 Equality Act to debunk contemporary arguments against parity. As gender divisions are increasingly questioned, he looks ahead to the likely consequences of this for society.

Se chiedete a qualcuno un nome da associare alle arti marziali, probabilmente vi sentirete rispondere Bruce Lee.Anche se l'immagine del suo corpo in posa da combattimento è diventata un’icona contemporanea, in Bruce Lee c'era molto di più: avrebbe potuto essere una rock star o un leader spirituale o qualsiasi altra cosa avesse desiderato e le arti marziali sono state solo un canale per la sua energia. Nonostante Hollywood lo abbia rifiutato più e più volte a causa di pregiudizi razziali, Lee, più o meno da solo, ha cambiato la percezione degli asiatici in Occidente.Le sue intuizioni ...

Daryl Joji Maeda's account of Bruce Lee's legacy traces how movements and migrations across the Pacific Ocean structured the cultures Lee inherited, the milieu he occupied, the martial art he developed, the films he made, and the world he left behind. A unique blend of cultural history and biography, Like Water unearths the cultural strands intertwined in Lee's rise to a new kind of global stardom. Moving from the gold rush in California and the British occupation of Hong Kong to the Cold War, Maeda builds depth and complexity to this larger-than-life figure.

On this season of the Bruce Lee Podcast, join Bruce Lee's daughter Shannon Lee as she engages in conversation with special guests from all walks of life about their approach to living life fluidly and the wisdom they have gained along the way. In concert with themes from her book Be Water, My Friend and the year of the dragon, Shannon continues to share Bruce Lee’s philosophy as she and her guests dive deep into the challenges and joys of being human. See how guests have aligned with and been inspired by Bruce Lee and his philosophies and how they've motivated themselves to step into their ...

Few events have had a more profound impact on the social and cultural upheavals of the Sixties than the psychedelic revolution spawned by the spread of LSD. This audiobook for the first time tells the full and astounding story - part of it hidden till now in secret Government files - of the role the mind-altering drug played in our recent turbulent history and the continuing influence it has on our time. And what a story it is, beginning with LSD’s discovery in 1943 as the most potent drug known to science.

Vachana Sahitya, a rhythmic form of writing of Bhakti poets in Kannada, emerged in the 11th century and reached its zenith in the 12th century. Comprising prose-like compositions known as Vachanas, this literary tradition conveys profound philosophical and spiritual messages. Rooted in the Sharana tradition centered around Kalyana or Kalyani in modern-day northern Karnataka, it gave rise to devoted saints including influential figures like Basavanna, Allama Prabhu, and Akka Mahadevi.Bhakti Republic with Amit Basole, in its third episode Kayakave Kailasa, elucidates the poetry of the ...

Bruce Lee é um artista marcial e comediante. Considerado o maior mestre de artes marciais do cinema mundial do século XX, preparou o caminho para outros actores de cinema de artes marciais asiáticos. Bruce Lee encarna, para muitos, o homem forte que atinge o cume da perfeição física, e da invencibilidade no combate corpo a corpo.

After a quarter-century of failed negotiations with North Korea, the United States and South Korea need to tighten up a sanctions regime that is currently far too loose to hurt Pyongyang.

Familiarize-se com três grandes artistas do século XX através de uma cuidadosa selecção de 300 citações, introduzindo as suas ideias e delineando com clareza a estrutura do seu trabalho. Descubra novos aspectos ou aprofunde-se nos pensamentos de Bruce Lee, George Bernard Shaw, Groucho Marx, para expandir a sua mente e conhecimento sobre a nossa cultura.

Gosta de descobrir os autores através das suas próprias palavras, e de chegar ao âmago das suas ideias da forma mais eficiente? Aqui está uma selecção das citações mais interessantes de grandes mentes, tanto artistas como pensadores: Dalai Lama, Leonardo Da Vinci, Madre Teresa, Bruce Lee. Aumente o seu conhecimento da nossa cultura e deleite-se com estes pensamentos essenciais por grandes figuras do nosso tempo e de outros tempos.

When The Stone Reader—a landmark collection of 133 essays from the New York Times’ award-winning philosophy column—first published, in 2015, the world urgently needed insight and wisdom, and for many, the book served as a bulwark of reason against the rising tide of post-fact rhetoric. Now, as disinformation continues to run rampant and our rights are increasingly called into question, editors Peter Catapano and Simon Critchley contend that philosophy in the public sphere is more crucial than ever.