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When you have something in life that you want to accomplish greatly, you have to be willing to give up your happiness…I’ve lost all my sensitivity as far as being embarrassed, being shy, you just have to lose that.

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Mike Tyson
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: June 30
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I don't know, man, I guess I'm gonna fade into Bolivian.
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