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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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Brooklyn
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Michael Gerard Tyson
Iron Mike
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Everybody in America is so money-hungry. It's like a rat race and even when you win you're still a freaking rat.
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I'm just happy I'm not a phoney.
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Not to be egotistical, but I don't think there is a man on this planet who can beat me
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The drug dealers, they sympathize with me. They see me as some sort of pathetic character.
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I ain't the same person I was when I bit that guy's ear off.
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There's nothing to fear but fear itself. It's an illusion of fear. Fear is an illusion. If you gonna die, you gonna die anyway it's not something to fear, fear is not gonna help.
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March 16th, Mike Tyson [vs.] Razor Ruddock, Razor Ruddock dies. If he doesn't die, it doesn't count. If he's not dead, it doesn't count.
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Fighting is all about calmness and relaxation. My appearance was all an illusion. My appearance is of a mad man, but I'm really calm and collected. Even though I'm fighting, I'm calm and relaxed as possible, despite my displays, because once you get excited, you can't fight at the highest level of your ability.
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Becoming a vegan gave me another opportunity to live a healthy life. I was so congested from all the drugs and bad cocaine, I could hardly breathe, [I had] high blood pressure, [was] almost dying [and had] arthritis. And once I became a vegan all that stuff diminished.
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Confidence breeds success & success breeds confidence... Confidence applied properly surpasses genius.
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I was in handcuffs. I was under arrest. I remember there was this old lady looking at me, and I could tell she felt real sorry for me, and she did'nt know but all I wanted to do was take her purse.
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I fight for perfection
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You can't stay married in a situation where you are afraid to go to sleep in case your wife might cut your throat.
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Nothing is more humbling than getting your ass kicked.
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When Jesus comes back, these crazy, greedy, capitalistic men are gonna kill him again.
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The one thing I know, everyone respects the true person and everyone's not true with themselves.
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[Cus D'Amato] told me, 'You're the type of guy who has to be hurt to learn.' I'm pissed off today because he was right about everything.
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I got a imam, I got a rabbi, I got a priest, I got a reverend - I got 'em all. But I don't want to be holier-than-thou. I want to help everybody and still get some (sex).
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The most important thing in the world for show business, really, you know everything's a high-tech business, but what people want now is what they can't get - exclusivity.
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I did my time for the rape. I paid my money to Las Vegas. I paid my dues.
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