Chow Yun-Fat: Master Li Mu Bai
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Quotes
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Li Mu Bai : I've already wasted my whole life. I want to tell you with my last breath that I have always loved you. I would rather be a ghost, drifting by your side as a condemned soul, than enter heaven without you. Because of your love, I will never be a lonely spirit.
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Li Mu Bai : No growth without assistance. No action without reaction. No desire without restraint. Now give yourself up and find yourself again.
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Li Mu Bai : The things we touch have no permanence. My master would say: there is nothing we can hold onto in this world. Only by letting go can we truly possess what is real.
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Li Mu Bai : I would rather be a ghost drifting by your side as a condemned soul than enter heaven without you... because of your love, I will never be a lonely spirit
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Li Mu Bai : [to Yu Shu Lien] Crouching tigers and hidden dragons are in the underworld... but so are human feelings.
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Yu Shu Lien : You were enlightened?
Li Mu Bai : No. I didn't feel the bliss of enlightenment. Instead... I was surrounded by an endless sorrow.
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Li Mu Bai : Like most things, I am nothing.
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Li Mu Bai : Real sharpness comes without effort.
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Li Mu Bai : She should come to Wudan and become a disciple.
Yu Shu Lien : But Wudan does not accept women.
Li Mu Bai : For her, they might make an exception. If not, I'm afraid she'll become a poisoned dragon.
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Li Mu Bai : You need practice. I can teach you to fight with the Green Destiny, but first you must learn to hold it in stillness.
Jen Yu : Why do you want to teach me?
Li Mu Bai : I've always wanted a disciple worthy of Wudan's secrets.
Jen Yu : And if I use them to kill you?
Li Mu Bai : That's a risk I'm willing to take. Deep down you're good. Even Jade Fox couldn't corrupt you.
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Yu Shu Lien : The Green Destiny Sword. You're giving it to Sir Te.
Li Mu Bai : I am. He has always been our greatest protector.
Yu Shu Lien : I don't understand. How can you part with it? It's been with you a long time.
Li Mu Bai : Too many men have died at its edge. It may look pure... , but only because blood washes so easily from its blade.
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Li Mu Bai : Even if I was banished to the darkest place, my love will never let me be a lonely spirit.
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Li Mu Bai : Giang Hu is a world of tigers and dragons, full of corruption.
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Li Mu Bai : Sharpness is a state of mind.
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Li Mu Bai : You did your job well. The sword is back. But... This girl. I saw her last night.
Yu Shu Lien : I knew you'd be suspicious.
Li Mu Bai : She needs controlling. She needs real direction and training.
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Yu Shu Lien : What was it?
Li Mu Bai : Something I can't let go of.
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Li Mu Bai : [to the Sword Thief] Give yourself up and find yourself again.
