I refuse to let adversity allow me to be average.
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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The tempt for greatness is the biggest drug in the world.
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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.
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This white woman came up to me, and I’m thinking, WOW. When I was a kid, she would have been robbed and raped and left for dead. This is a real strange scenario, and I just wanted to cry. I’m like, “Who am I? Where’s my heritage?
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Everybody wants to be somebody. Everybody wants to be noticed. Everybody wants to be somebody important. Importance is just treating people good. That’s important.
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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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At one point, I thought life was about acquiring things. But as a I get older, life is totally about losing everything.
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You stand your ground and you perform your art. That’s what the artist does. The artist is about perfection.
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I normally don’t do interviews with women unless I fornicate with them.
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Fighting is a sport; if you’re not humble it’s going to bring humbleness to you.
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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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Everybody you fight is not your enemy and everybody who helps you is not your friend.
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Money is my God. If you think God will help you then quit your job and see how much he cares.
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Everybody thinks this is a tough man’s sport. This is not a tough man’s sport. This is a thinking man’s sport. A tough man is gonna get hurt real bad in this sport.
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Anger is my biggest enemy in life.
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Hard times fall upon everybody. Whatever it is, we’re going to get out of it.
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