People say ‘Poor guy.’ That insults me. I despise sympathy. So I screwed up. I made some mistakes. ‘Poor guy,’ like I’m some victim. There’s nothing poor about me.
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.
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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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I could have knocked him out in the 3rd round but I wanted to do it slowly, So he would remember this night for a long time.
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The drug dealers, they sympathize with me. They see me as some sort of pathetic character.
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Sometimes during a relationship, a friendship, a friend’s gonna have to prove they’re your friend, and you’re gonna have to prove you’re their friend.
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I refuse to let adversity allow me to be average.
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You need to learn independence. You have to be independent – it builds character.
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My nature is to get instant gratification. On stage, I can feel everybody’s anticipation. I know what they want, I know what I’m going to give them, I know when I’m going to give it to them, I know when they want it.
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Anyone with a grain of sense would know that if I punched my wife I would rip her head off. It’s all lies. I have never laid a finger on her.
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Treat the world the way you want to be treated.
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The mind is a real dangerous neighborhood to travel by ourselves.
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When Jesus comes back, these crazy, greedy, capitalistic men are gonna kill him again.
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I’m the most brutal and ruthless conquerer there has ever been.
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There’s nothing to fear but fear itself. It’s an illusion of fear. Fear is an illusion. If you gonna die, you gonna die anyway; it’s not something to fear, fear is not gonna help.
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My biggest weakness is my sensitivity. I am too sensitive a person.
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Sometimes, the people we invest the most time in disappoint us the most.
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