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I'm just happy I'm not a phoney.

Mike Tyson

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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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[Sometimes I] put on a ski mask and dress in old clothes, go out on the streets and beg for quarters.
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A man that is a friend to everyone is an enemy to himself.
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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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Treat the world the way you want to be treated.
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