Be formless. Shapeless. Like water. Now, you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. Put it into a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow, or creep, or drip, or crash. Be water, my friend.
19 seconds sound clip from Longstreet (1971) - The Way Of The Intercepting Fist sitcom.
You can hear this line at 00:35:30.788 in the Blu-ray version of the TV Series.
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[...]
- To pray.
- In this position, your arms are useless.
- Yeah.
- No.
- Then, if you wish to survive, what do you do?
- Bite.
- Bite?
- I can't find much evidence the contrary, Li.
- There's so much to remember.
- If you try to remember, you will lose. Empty your mind.
- Why don't I just stand in front of a bowl and recite that to him? Maybe he'll faint or drown.
- I know.
- May it be well with you, Mike. (2)
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