You stand your ground and you perform your art. That’s what the artist does. The artist is about perfection.
MIKE TYSON
The one thing I know, everyone respects the true person and everyone’s not true with themselves.
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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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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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I fight for perfection.
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I’m the most brutal and ruthless conquerer there has ever been.
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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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The drug dealers, they sympathize with me. They see me as some sort of pathetic character.
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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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I’m a historian, and that freaks me out.
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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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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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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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No one wants to get up at 4 and run when it’s pitch-dark, but it has to be done. The only reason i do it so early is because i believe the other guy isn’t doing it and that gives me a little edge.
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The mind is a real dangerous neighborhood to travel by ourselves.
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Boxing brought me money and fame, but it never brought me no happiness.
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I don’t react to a tragic happening any more. I took so many bad things as a kid and some people think I don’t care about anything. It’s just too hard for me to get emotional. I can’t cry no more.
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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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