You stand your ground and you perform your art. That’s what the artist does. The artist is about perfection.
MIKE TYSONThese books ain’t window dressing. I think Machiavelli’s the most sophisticated writer outside of Shakespeare. Way ahead of his time. Such a manipulative person. Everything he accomplished he did by kissin’ ass.
More Mike Tyson Quotes
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I fight for perfection.
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As long as we persevere and endure, we can get anything we want.
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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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Discipline is doing what you hate to do, but nonetheless doing it like you love it.
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What was most important was the knowledge [aspect] of the fight. I learned this early on and just told myself to “upgrade my mind.” That’s just what I wanted to do my whole life.
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As human beings, nobody gets out of this world free. We all have to do some suffering before we leave.
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Destroy or be destroyed! I just love that way of life!
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When I was in prison, I was wrapped up in all those deep books. That Tolstoy crap – people shouldn’t read that stuff.
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We’re all going to be tested. The dark energy is going to knock on all of our doors.
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Every great general and warrior from the beginning of time was high.
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I don’t try to intimidate anybody before a fight. That’s nonsense. I intimidate people by hitting them.
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My power is discombobulatingly devastating. It’s ludricrous these mortals even attempt to enter my realm.
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What I’ve done in the past is history and what I’m gonna do in the future is a mystery.
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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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Sometimes, the people we invest the most time in disappoint us the most.
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