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People understand the simplicity of violence, and martial arts has always been about the more efficient way to deliver said violence upon an adversary. I've kept that philosophy as the focal point of what I do.
Samoa Joe
People
Simplicity
Philosophy
Way
Focal
Focal Point
Martial
Martial Arts
About
More
Point
Deliver
Adversary
Understand
Said
Always
Been
Efficient
Arts
Violence
Kept
It is a very great mistake, and a very common one, even for well-read persons, to adopt the idea that the progress of the human race in the science of government, in the arts of civilization and refinement, and in the establishment of morality and religion, has been constantly and steadily towards improvement and perfection.
Samuel Freeman Miller
Government
Great
Religion
Science
Mistake
Progress
Has-Been
Constantly
Steadily
Morality
Adopt
Civilization
Perfection
Idea
Towards
Well-Read
Been
Refinement
Very
Improvement
Human
Common
Arts
Establishment
Race
Persons
Human Race
Even
The Negroes have little invention, but strong powers of imitation, so that they readily acquire mechanic arts. They have a great talent for music, and all their external senses are remarkably acute.
Samuel George Morton
Music
Great
Strong
Mechanic
Invention
Imitation
Negroes
Remarkably
Talent
Great Talent
Powers
Readily
Arts
Senses
Little
Acquire
Acute
External
More entertainers should come forward to support sports. I'd love to see Akshay Kumar in a film on Indian martial arts.
Sangram Singh
Love
Sports
Entertainers
Indian
See
Martial
Martial Arts
More
Support
Come
Arts
Should
Forward
Film
I think a liberal arts education isn't necessarily about doing something with your degree; it's about becoming a critical thinker. And I think that critical thinking is so integral to being an actor.
Sarah Gadon
Education
Degree
Think
Thinking
Liberal
Liberal Arts
Critical
Critical Thinking
About
Something
Becoming
Doing
Integral
Arts
Arts Education
Being
Your
Actor
Necessarily
Thinker
When it came time to go to university, I wanted to study cinema studies and theater and not necessarily do a fine arts degree.
Sarah Gadon
Time
Cinema
Degree
Fine
Fine Arts
Studies
Study
Came
Go
Arts
Wanted
Theater
Necessarily
University
I think there is a debate in the arts about, you know, whether we must strive for art for art's sake, and you know, kind of try to keep political debate out of our work. And to that I say, I'd like you to show me an example of, you know, this so-called apolitical art. I don't think there's any such thing.
Sarah Jones
Work
Art
Me
You
Political
Debate
Try
Example
Think
Our
Say
Strive
Out
Kind
Must
About
Like
Know
Sake
Political Debate
Any
Arts
So-Called
Whether
Apolitical
Show
Keep
Thing
Sir Kenneth MacMillan's version of 'Romeo and Juliet' is my favorite full-length ballet, Sergei Prokofiev's breathtaking score a favorite composition of music. As a student of martial arts, I loved drawing my sword in defense of my Capulet kin.
Sascha Radetsky
Music
Defense
Drawing
Favorite
Kin
Composition
Martial
Martial Arts
Student
Ballet
Score
Juliet
Version
Sir
Arts
Loved
Romeo
Romeo And Juliet
Breathtaking
Sword
Kenneth
Best fight ever in a movie: 'They Live.' I want to do a martial arts version of that, where you think it's ended, and it just keeps on going. I love that fight. It was funny as well. Unexpected.
Scott Adkins
Love
Funny
Best
You
Fight
Live
Think
Martial
Martial Arts
Well
Version
Ended
Unexpected
Going
Just
Arts
Where
Want
Movie
Ever
Keeps
I've taught martial arts to many children, from 5 years old and up - there's character development, there's respect, discipline, perseverance.
Scott Coker
Character
Respect
Perseverance
Discipline
Old
Character Development
Martial
Martial Arts
Development
Years
Up
Taught
Arts
Children
Many
To say martial arts, or the combative form - mixed martial arts - is not an art form is incorrect.
Scott Coker
Art
Say
Martial
Martial Arts
Combative
Mixed
Art Form
Arts
Form
Incorrect
You get a world-class athlete like Hershel Walker, who was a Heisman trophy winner and did some amazing things, but he had a martial arts background. He did kickboxing. He had a combat sports background. It was just rekindling that training and that martial arts workout ethic. He got back into it and did quite well.
Scott Coker
You
Sports
Training
Amazing
Winner
World-Class
Back
Kickboxing
Background
Athlete
Some
Martial
Martial Arts
Trophy
Had
He
Combat
Like
Well
Got
Amazing Things
Walker
Get
Did
Quite
Just
Arts
Ethic
Who
Workout
Things
I thought, 'If I can create a business to promote martial arts, that'd sure be a lot of fun.'
Scott Coker
Business
Thought
Promote
Martial
Martial Arts
Sure
Lot
Arts
Create
Fun
As a martial arts promoter and as a fan of martial arts, you go, 'What would happen if this guy fought this guy?'
Scott Coker
You
Would
Promoter
Martial
Martial Arts
Guy
Go
Arts
Fan
Happen
Fought
Tournaments, traditionally, are kind of the way martial arts contests happen.
Scott Coker
Way
Kind
Martial
Martial Arts
Tournaments
Contests
Arts
Happen
When you think about martial arts here in the states, kickboxing was here in the '70s, and it kind of ran its course. But I always felt there was a place in combat sports for kickboxing.
Scott Coker
You
Sports
Think
Ran
Kickboxing
States
Kind
Martial
Martial Arts
About
Combat
Course
Felt
Always
Arts
Place
Here
My background in promoting martial arts started in 1985 when we were doing PK Karate, which was on ESPN. Fast forward to when mixed martial arts became legal in California. I made the jump to MMA and never looked back.
Scott Coker
Legal
Made
Back
Background
Promoting
Martial
Martial Arts
Never
Looked
California
Became
Doing
Were
Mixed
Jump
ESPN
Arts
Which
Karate
Forward
Fast
Started
The truth of the matter is that the people who succeed in the arts most often are the people who get up again after getting knocked down. Persistence is critical.
Scott Turow
Truth
Persistence
People
Matter
Down
Critical
Knocked
Most
Up
Get
Getting
Often
Arts
After
Again
Succeed
Who
If poetry and the arts do anything, they can fortify your inner life, your inwardness.
Seamus Heaney
Life
Poetry
Arts
Anything
Fortify
Your
Inner
Inner Life
I consider myself fortunate that in my home, acting or the creative arts were a good option. This was a respected tour of duty in my family. Acting wasn't something that was left to tragic bohemians. But we weren't a family that obsessed on cinema.
Sean Penn
Myself
Good
Home
Family
Creative
Cinema
Duty
Consider
Respected
Something
Tour
Obsessed
Were
Tragic
Left
Option
Arts
Acting
Fortunate
When the subsidies are going out there to fund arts, I'd like to see jazz given a better shake of the dice. It attracts as many people as opera does, but not the subsidies.
Sebastian Coe
People
Better
Jazz
Out
See
Shake
Given
Like
Opera
Attracts
Does
Dice
Subsidies
Going
Arts
Many
Fund
I think I might write a book. I like writing. People have asked me if I would get into politics, but I think I feel a lot more effective being a representative of truth through the arts.
Serj Tankian
Politics
Truth
Me
Book
People
Writing
Think
Would
More
Through
Write
Feel
Like
Lot
Effective
Get
Representative
Arts
Being
Might
Asked
When I was in high school, they opened an arts high school. I didn't read music, and I wasn't a trained dancer, so I was like, 'OK, I guess I'll go into acting.' I asked my mom if she knew any plays for my audition, and the only one she knew was 'A Raisin in the Sun.'
Shalita Grant
Music
Mom
School
Guess
Dancer
Sun
OK
High
High School
Only
Knew
Opened
Like
She
Read
Audition
Go
Trained
Any
Arts
Asked
Acting
Raisin
Plays
There have been projects out there involving my father, but they've lacked a complete understanding of his philosophies and artistry. They haven't captured the essence of his beliefs in martial arts or storytelling. The only way to get audiences to understand the depth and uniqueness of my father is to generate our own material.
Shannon Lee
Father
Understanding
Own
Complete
Our
Philosophies
Complete Understanding
Way
Projects
Out
Martial
Martial Arts
Only
Generate
Involving
Understand
Material
Audiences
Been
His
Get
Essence
Artistry
Arts
Storytelling
Depth
Captured
Uniqueness
Beliefs
Being Bruce Lee's kid, everyone wants you to be an action-film star. I took martial arts, and it's fun to do those types of movies, but I wanted to act, not fight.
Shannon Lee
You
Fight
Took
Types
Everyone
Kid
Those
Martial
Martial Arts
Bruce
Lee
Arts
Being
Wanted
Wants
Movies
Act
Fun
Star
I was a dancer for fifteen years, and I think a lot of what dancing gives you crosses over so much into anything to do with fighting, martial arts, anything action.
Sharni Vinson
You
Fighting
Action
Think
Dancer
Dancing
Martial
Martial Arts
Crosses
Gives
Over
Years
Lot
Arts
Anything
Fifteen
Much
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