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Shun Lee

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About Me

I believe that we were each created to live an adventure, to live beyond those things that are merely handed to us on a day-to-day basis. That the most crucial work of art that any man can undertake is his own life. With that in mind, a little while ago, I closed up my law practice and returned to my love of acting and writing. And this adventure story has been filled with all the ups and downs, all the joys and triumphs and risks and fears and uncertainties that any adventure story will contain -- at least any adventure story that's worth telling. A man much wiser than me once said, "Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point." If my life is to be a work of art, and if yours is too, we can't allow ourselves to remain untested. We can't stay in a place that requires no risk, no danger, no passion, no faith, no vision. To do so would be to live something less than the life that God gave us.
So, with that, I turn to face the day, summon up my courage -- the music swells slightly -- and I step out into the adventurous life.

My Interests

acting, film, writing, ideas, running, hiking, water sports, reading, theater, Italian food, travel, playing piano, cello, and Taylor guitars, photography, mountain biking, watching college football, playing mediocre golf with good friends on Saturday mornings.

I'd like to meet:

The dreamers of the day, the dangerous men and women, who, with open eyes, make it all happen. Could be you.

Music:

U2, Switchfoot, Dave Matthews Band, Robert Randolph and The Family Band, Relient K, David Crowder Band, Phil Keaggy, Jeff Buckley, Jackson Browne, Bob Dylan, Coldplay, Eric Clapton, Feist, John Williams, Paul Simon, Rich Mullins, Bruce Springsteen, W.A. Mozart, Ben Folds Five, The Wallflowers, Lenny Kravitz, Def Leppard (guilty pleasure), Norah Jones, Mark Heard, Aaron Copland, The Eagles, Jack Johnson, King's X, INXS, Five For Fighting, you name it...

Movies:

The Shawshank Redemption, Chariots of Fire, Saving Private Ryan, Braveheart, Life is Beautiful, Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Forrest Gump, Indiana Jones Trilogy, Inside Man, About A Boy, Road To Perdition, Signs, To Kill A Mockingbird, Unforgiven, 3:10 to Yuma, Into The Wild, to name a few...

Television:

Don't watch it all that much -- except for college football, NFL football, and The Simpsons.

Books:

There's usually a pretty good stack of 'em that I'm going through all at the same time on a wide variety of subjects... so whatever is catching my interest at the time.

Heroes:

C.S. Lewis, G.K. Chesterton, Eric Liddell, William Wilberforce, Theodore Roosevelt, King David, Rich Mullins, Jimmy Stewart, Johnny Cash, Francis Schaeffer, Henry David Thoreau

My Blog

This Week’s Quotes - Life & Living

Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.-- Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., U.S. Supreme Court JusticeLife is short and we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of those who are travelling ...
Posted by Shun Lee on Sun, 27 Apr 2008 08:00:00 PST

This Week’s Quotes - Delay & Procrastination

A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing; only at different times.-- Lord Acton, historianYou may delay, but time will not, and lost time is never found again.-- Be...
Posted by Shun Lee on Sun, 20 Apr 2008 08:20:00 PST

This Week’s Quotes - Perfection

You can spend a lifetime, and, if you’re honest with yourself, never once was your work perfect.-- Charlton Heston, actor, civil rights leader & political activistThe condition of the most passi...
Posted by Shun Lee on Sun, 06 Apr 2008 08:16:00 PST

This Week’s Quotes - Bill Watterson, cartoonist & author

If people sat outside and looked at the stars each night, I’ll bet they’d live a lot differently.-- Bill Watterson, cartoonist & authorWe all have different desires and needs, but if we do...
Posted by Shun Lee on Sun, 23 Mar 2008 09:42:00 PST

This Weeks Quotes - Edmund Burke, orator, philosopher & politician

No one could make a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.-- Edmund Burke, orator, philosopher & politicianHe that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves, and shar...
Posted by Shun Lee on Sun, 02 Mar 2008 07:34:00 PST

This Week’s Quotes - Passion

I'd rather be a failure at something I love than a success at something I hate.-- George Burns, comedian, actor & writerOnly passions, great passions can elevate the soul to great things.-- Denis Dide...
Posted by Shun Lee on Sun, 24 Feb 2008 07:42:00 PST

This Week’s Quotes - Success & Failure

Most of us serve our ideals by fits and starts. The person who makes a success of living is one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That's dedication.-- Cecil B. De Mille, filmmak...
Posted by Shun Lee on Sun, 17 Feb 2008 07:59:00 PST

This Week’s Quotes - Leo Tolstoy, writer & philosopher

Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.-- Leo Tolstoy, writer & philosopherJoy can be real only if people look on their life as a service, and have a definite object i...
Posted by Shun Lee on Sun, 03 Feb 2008 07:53:00 PST

This Week’s Quotes - Courage

Last, but by no means least, courage -- moral courage, the courage of one's convictions, the courage to see things through. The world is in a constant conspiracy against the brave. It's the age-old st...
Posted by Shun Lee on Sun, 27 Jan 2008 08:53:00 PST

This Week’s Quotes - George Sand, novelist

Happiness lies in the consciousness we have of it.-- George Sand, novelistSimplicity is the most difficult thing to secure in this world; it is the last limit of experience and the last effort of geni...
Posted by Shun Lee on Sun, 13 Jan 2008 08:28:00 PST