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The secret is not to act, but to be.
What does it take to change the essence of a man?
I was born in Detroit, in an all black neighborhood.
I love getting out on the streets and helping people.
Criminals usually prey on weakness. They can smell it.
I have no fear of death. More important, I don't fear life.
I was a very religious kid. I was raised as an Episcopalian.
People all over the world recognize me as a spiritual leader.
Any great warrior is also a scholar, and a poet, and an artist.
I want to make a movie that can grab people by the heartstrings.
I think we're living in a world where society is very difficult.
I'm gonna take you to the bank, Senator Trent. To the blood bank!
It is a lot harder now to be a police officer than what it used to be.
One must first learn to heal people to be great. To hurt people is easy.
I have six children and I love all my kids more than anything in the world.
I've been a musician since childhood, and music is my first love. I love it.
My CIA godfather told me he'd never heard any American speak Japanese so well.
Trust your doubt. Always fight for your beliefs. That is the path beyond thought.
I always hated being a child. I always felt like an adult trapped in a child's body.
My people are my people. They love me and I love them. I would not be here without them.
You can take away the money and the fame. I don't look at myself as any of those things.
I myself am a very nonviolent person and only resort to violence when I absolutely have to.
I was born with a serious spiritual consciousness and for many years studied different paths.
I am hoping that I can be known as a great writer and actor some day, rather than a sex symbol.
I would only ever be involved in a reality show that was about real life and had lots of action.
To a police officer, a sawed off shotgun is the ultimate nightmare. You can blow someone in half!
As a lifelong practitioner of martial arts, I'm trained to remain calm in the face of adversity and danger.
I've been a police officer for over 20 years, and I've investigated murders and all kinds of different crimes.
It doesn't work if the bad guys kill his mother's uncle's friend's neighbor's pet dog. You've got to make the stakes high.
I don't consider myself a martial-arts star. I'd be offended and disappointed if I got a reputation as a martial-arts star.
I've always tried to avoid politics because most politicians that I know are quite dirty in terms of human dignity, ethics and morals.
For me, in Buddhism there is a plethora of specific teachings that one can seek out and find for the individual dilemmas you may have.
One of the reasons why people - particularly young people - love action movies is because what they are really looking for is justice.
There was a time when I thought I was doing a good thing with good guys for a good cause. Looking back, I think I really wanted to be a warrior.
I used to have a gun made every month; I would get another pistol made that I would design. I'm very into the military and police stuff like that.
The most important seed I can sow in this life is my children, and the love and knowledge that I can bestow upon them and the help I can give them.
Try to find the path of least resistance and use it without harming others. Live with integrity and morality, not only with people but with all beings.
I love Russia. Some people love Africa, some people love Mexico, some people love purple, the color purple. I love Russia, and I'm not scared to say it.
I think the more diversity that one has in his life, the happier he can be, as long as he is able to do whatever he chooses to do at that given time well.
Most of us have unhealthy thoughts and emotions that have either developed as a result of trauma or hardships in their childhood, or the way they were raised.
You do 1,000 interviews, 20 percent of every one is not what you said, or is twisted a little. If you multiply 20 by 1,000 you've got a lot of inaccuracies out there.
For a while, I had this uncontrollable urge - this addiction to danger. Now I look back and I think, 'Gee, what an idiot. I was risking my life just for the sensation of it.'
Everybody certainly has the right to defend themselves. That's not to say that they should defy common sense by avoiding or diffusing confrontation. And that's very, very important.
My philosophy is that the most important aspect of any religion should be human kindness. And to try to ease the suffering of others. To try to bring light and love into the lives of mankind.
I love music. I love filmmaking. I love law enforcement. I love doing a lot of the green work that I do, the charity work that I do, and I don't think that any one person has to be just one thing.
I think people are frustrated in this society, where predators prey upon normal, law-abiding citizens, and you never see justice in the courtroom. In my films, the predators don't get away with it.
In general, we as police officers - at least the good police officers - like to look at each situation case by case and always pay close attention to the spirit of the law rather than the letter of the law.
For me, if God blessed me with that one great hit, I'm satisfied. But I've still got a lot in me, and I'd still like to get out there and tell a lot more stories cinematically. And God willing, I'll get the chance to do that.
Aikido is not merely about fighting and the development of the physical self but the perfection of the spiritual man at the same time. It has very harmonious movements, very beautiful to watch and beautiful for your body to feel.
You just realize that you can't turn a lefthand corner in a right posture without exposing some part of your body, and so it was really me just noticing the exposure I had, and it made me start doing and practicing the switching.