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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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Boxer
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Professional Boxer
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Brooklyn
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Michael Gerard Tyson
Iron Mike
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I know why they don't like me because they want the money I have.
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If he's not dead, it doesn't count.
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A man that is a friend to everyone is an enemy to himself.
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Sometimes they laugh at things I don't think are funny, but I believe if they're laughing at me, it's a good show.
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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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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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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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My nature is to get instant gratification. On stage, I can feel everybody's anticipation. I know what they want, I know what I'm going to give them, I know when I'm going to give it to them, I know when they want it.
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King has big offices, houses, and he pays his fighters a lot of money. An, because he's black, the FBI figures he must be doing something crooked.
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I'm just a sucker even talking to you guys. I should be ready to rip your heads off your necks. But it's just not the right thing to do
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I fight for perfection
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In order to succeed greatly, you have to be prepared to fail greatly. If you can't do both of them, you've got a problem.
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I'm a nut case, but that is what I believe.
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My style was impetuous, my defenses were impregnable, and I was ferocious.
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I can sell out Madison Square Garden masturbating
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I'am not predictor of fights, but I know when I hit 'em good, the fight is close to an end
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Fighting is spiritual. It appears to be physical from the layman's eyes. In my fights, I seemed to be angry and mad - all that stuff you saw me doing, the yelling and screaming and being mean in the ring - but I'm cool as a cucumber. I can hear everybody talking around me outside of the ring. I can see everybody. I know what is going on.
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At one point, I thought life was about acquiring things. But as a I get older, life is totally about losing everything.
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No one who isn't an extremist can understand the mind of an extremist.
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In order to be a friend to anybody, you have to be a friend to yourself. If you're not a friend to yourself, there's no way you're gonna have any friends.
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