Free Your Mind

Some of my favorite movie lines come from the Matrix, often in the teacher student relationship between Morpheus and Neo.

During a training exercise, Morpheus responds to Neo when he asks, “are you trying to tell me I can dodge bullets?” Morpheus says, “no, I’m telling you that when the time comes, you won’t have to.”

Another comes from the martial arts training in the virtual dojo when Morpheus asks Neo,“ how did I beat you?” Neo says something like, “you’re too fast.” And Morpheus asks, “do you think that faster or stronger has anything to do with my muscles in this place? Is that air you’re breathing now?”

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