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Most writers, in my opinion, are dysfunctional derelicts.

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Mike Tyson
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: June 30
Actor
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Michael Gerard Tyson
Iron Mike
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I am the most ruthless, brutal champion ever. There is no one who can match me. I want your heart. I want to eat your children.
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It's good to know how to read, but it's dangerous to know how to read and not how to interpret what you're reading.
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Basically I don't care what people think of me. I'm not in the communications business.
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I'm on the Zoloft to keep from killing y'all.
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I want to throw down your kid and stomp on his testicles, and then you will know what it is like to experience waking up everyday as me. And only then will you feel my pain.
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I'm not much for talking. You know what I do. I put guys in body bags when I'm right.
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