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Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it.

Muhammad Ali

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Muhammad Ali
Age: 74 †
Born: 1942
Born: January 17
Died: 2016
Died: June 3
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Louisville
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Cassius Clay
Cassius Marcellus Clay
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The Greatest
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