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Bruce Lee

Bruce Lee

"He is the patron saint of the cult of the body: the almost mystical belief that we have the power to overcome adversity if only we submit to the right combinations of exercise, diet, meditation and weight training; that by force of will, we can sculpt ourselves into demigods." —from the "TIME 100" list of icons from the past century

In this photo: Bruce Lee

Photo: Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Jan 01, 1965
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