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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Quotes

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is a TV program that was first aired in 1970 . Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon stopped airing in 1970.

It features Bill Kong; Hsu Li-kong, and Ang Lee as producer, Tan Dun in charge of musical score, and Peter Pau as head of cinematography.

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is recorded in Mandarin Chinese and originally aired in China. Each episode of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is 120 minutes long. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is distributed by Sony Pictures Classics.

The cast includes: Chow Yun-fat as Li Mu Bai, Sihung Lung as Sir Te, Chang Chen as Lo, Zhang Ziyi as Jen Yu, Michelle Yeoh as Yu Shu Lien, Cheng Pei-pei as Jade Fox, Li Kai as Gou Jun Pei, and Zhang Shaocheng as Man.

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Quotes

Michelle Yeoh as Yu Shu Lien

  • (Michelle Yeoh) "You were enlightened?"
  • (Chow Yun-fat) "No. I didn't feel the bliss of enlightenment. Instead -- I was surrounded by an endless sorrow."
  • (Michelle Yeoh) "To repress one's feelings only makes them stronger."
  • (Michelle Yeoh) "Without Green Destiny, you are nothing."
  • (Michelle Yeoh) "Are you happy now that the sword is back?"
  • (Michelle Yeoh) "It's a great fortune to marry into such a noble family."
  • (Zhang Ziyi) "Is it? Actually, I like the great heroes in the books -- just like you and Li Mu Bai. Marriage is a good thing. If only I could be free to live my own life -- to choose who I love and love him in my own way. That's real happiness."
  • (Michelle Yeoh) "Whatever path you decide to take in this life -- be true to yourself."
  • (Michelle Yeoh) "What was it?"
  • (Chow Yun-fat) "Something I can't let go of."
  • (Michelle Yeoh) "The Green Destiny Sword. You're giving it to Sir Te."
  • (Chow Yun-fat) "I am. He has always been our greatest protector."
  • (Michelle Yeoh) "I don't understand. How can you part with it? It's been with you a long time."
  • (Chow Yun-fat) "Too many men have died at its edge. It may look pure -- , but only because blood washes so easily from its blade."
  • (Michelle Yeoh) "This particular thief -- is very unusual. And most likely smarter than a mere killer."
  • (Michelle Yeoh) "I beg your pardon. Li Mu Bai and I aren't cowards."

Zhang Ziyi as Jen Yu

  • (Zhang Ziyi) "You want to know who I am? I am -- I am the Invincible Sword Goddess, armed with the Green Destiny that knows no equal. Be you Li or Southern Crane, bow your head and ask for mercy. I am the dragon from the desert. Who comes from nowhere and leaves no trace. Today I fly over Eu-Mei. Tomorrow -- I topple Mount Wudan."
  • (Zhang Ziyi) "Who are you?"
  • (Li Kai) "I'm Shining Phoenix Mountain Gou."
  • (Zhang Ziyi) "Gou? A name I abhor. When I hear it, my ears start to ache. I feel like vomiting."
  • (Zhang Ziyi) "And suddenly I cannot hold back my sword hand's anger."
  • (Zhang Ziyi) "Make a wish, Lo."
  • (Waiter) "Follow me."
  • (Zhang Ziyi) "I want a clean room."
  • (Waiter) "We have plenty -- Your order?"
  • (Zhang Ziyi) "Steamed whole cod, bite-size meatballs, a little starchy but keep the sauce light, shark fin soup, mixed vegetables and some warm wine."
  • (Waiter) "We only have one chef."
  • (Zhang Ziyi) "Then get him started."
  • (Zhang Ziyi) "I'm getting married soon, but I haven't lived the life I want."
  • (Michelle Yeoh) "So I heard. Congratulations."
  • (Zhang Ziyi) "Why do you want to teach me?"
  • (Chow Yun-fat) "I've always wanted a disciple worthy of the Wudang secrets."

Cheng Pei-pei as Jade Fox

  • (Cheng Pei-pei) "Your master underestimated women. I was good enough to sleep with, but not to teach. What better punishment than to die by a woman's hand?"
  • (Cheng Pei-pei) "You deserve to die, but the life I was hoping to take was Jen's. Ten years I devoted to you, but you deceived me. You hid the manual's true meaning. I never improved but your progress was limitless. You know what poison is? An eight year-old girl full of deceit. That's poison."
  • (Cheng Pei-pei) "It's the Giang Hu fighter lifestyle -- Kill or be killed. Exciting, isn't it?"

Chow Yun-fat as Li Mu Bai

  • (Chow Yun-fat) "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."
  • (Chow Yun-fat) "You did your job well. The sword is back. But -- This girl. I saw her last night."
  • (Michelle Yeoh) "I knew you'd be suspicious."
  • (Chow Yun-fat) "She needs controlling. She needs real direction and training."
  • (Chow Yun-fat) "Giang Hu is a world of tigers and dragons, full of corruption."
  • (Chow Yun-fat) "No growth without assistance. No action without reaction. No desire without restraint. Now give yourself up and find yourself again."
  • (Chow Yun-fat) "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."
  • (Chow Yun-fat) "Even if I was banished to the darkest place, my love will never let me be a lonely spirit."
  • (Chow Yun-fat) "Sharpness is a state of mind."
  • (Chow Yun-fat) "Real sharpness comes without effort."
  • (Chow Yun-fat) "She should come to Wudan and become a disciple."
  • (Michelle Yeoh) "But Wudan does not accept women."
  • (Chow Yun-fat) "For her, they might make an exception. If not, I'm afraid she'll become a poisoned dragon."
  • (Chow Yun-fat) "You need practice. I can teach you to fight with the Green Destiny, but first you must learn to hold it in stillness."
  • (Zhang Ziyi) "Why do you want to teach me?"
  • (Chow Yun-fat) "I've always wanted a disciple worthy of Wudan's secrets."
  • (Zhang Ziyi) "And if I use them to kill you?"
  • (Chow Yun-fat) "That's a risk I'm willing to take. Deep down you're good. Even Jade Fox couldn't corrupt you."
  • (Chow Yun-fat) "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"

Chang Chen as Lo

  • (Chang Chen) "A faithful heart makes wishes come true."
  • (Chang Chen) "Jen. Come with me to Xin Jiang."
  • (Chang Chen) "I wish that we'll be in the desert together again."

Sihung Lung as Sir Te

  • (Sihung Lung) "They take it, they return it, they take it again -- this place is becoming everyone's private storeroom."
  • (Sihung Lung) "When in comes to the affairs of the heart, even the greatest warriors can be a consummate idiots."
  • (Sihung Lung) "A sword by itself rules nothing. It only comes alive in skilled hands."

Zhang Shaocheng as Man

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