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Being angry and resentful of someone is like letting them live rent-free in your head.

George Foreman

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George Foreman
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: January 10
Boxer
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Professional Boxer
Marshall
Texas
George Edward Foreman
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All I've ever tried to tell anyone is that I'm not a black man or a white man or anything else. All I've ever been was an American.
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As a child I was sometimes so hungry that I used to dream that one day I'd get locked in a grocery store.
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I always carried a small American flag red white and blue with me so people would know I was from America.
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So many of us have loved ones and people we really care about, and the only time we show affection is when they are gone. I have preached at funerals, and you see loved ones who didnt even say hello to dear ones when they were alive. Give them hugs, kisses while they are alive and need it.
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I don't even think about a retirement program because I'm working for the Lord, for the Almighty. And even thought the Lord's pay isn't very high, his retirement program is, you might say, out of this world.
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