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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.

Mike Tyson

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Mike Tyson
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: June 30
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Michael Gerard Tyson
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