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Adapt what is useful, reject what is useless, and add what is specifically your own.
Adapt what is useful, reject what is useless, and add what is specifically your own.
Approximate author period: c. 1956 AD · modern
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- Bruce Lee
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- Approximate author period: c. 1956 AD · modern
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