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“The same hand that can write a beautiful poem, can knock you out with one punch—that's Poetic Justice.”
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“Never Fight ugly people—they have nothing to Lose.”
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“Boxers, like prostitutes, are in the business of ruining their bodies for the pleasure of strangers.”
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“The moment we stop fighting for the underdog is the moment we lose humanity.”
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“There are more pleasent things to do than beat up people. Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.”
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“When you're looking for fault, you'll find it.”
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“Compassion and toughness can go together.”
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“It's time to reconnect to people you like and get rid of people you don't like....We need to live.”
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“Finding a meaningful life can be easy: Devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you … and devote yourself to something that gives you purpose and meaning. … I think you have done this. I hope you noticed, there's nothing in there about money or a salary.
Do the kind of things that come from the heart. When you do you won't be dissatisfied, you won't be envious, you won't be longing for somebody else's things..On the contrary, you will be overwhelmed with what comes back. And this I write from my own experience.”
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Do the kind of things that come from the heart. When you do you won't be dissatisfied, you won't be envious, you won't be longing for somebody else's things..On the contrary, you will be overwhelmed with what comes back. And this I write from my own experience.”
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“Do the kind of things that come from the heart. When you do you won't be dissatisfied, you won't be envious, you won't be longing for somebody else's things..On the contrary, you will be overwhelmed with what comes back.”
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“I write poetry not for publication but merely to kill time. Airplanes are a good place to write poetry and then throw it away. My collected works are mostly on the vomit bags of Lufthansa.”
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“Boxing is the image of the Vietnam war with none of its guilt and only 25 percent of its dangers. It is like a sin. Too popular to be abolished.”
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“It doesn't matter how far you go as a boxer..It matters how far you go as a man!”
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“The longer I live the more I see that I am seldom wrong about anything, and that all the pains, whether in a boxing ring, a combat zone or an operating table, I have so humbly taken to verify my notions have only wasted my time.”
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