Joe Frazier Quotes
Since I was a boy of five or six, I had it in my mind I would be a world boxing champion.

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I keep trying to define 'poetry,' but it's so difficult.
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If you're in a dark place, you're there for a reason. And the only way to get through to those kids or to other people going through the same thing is really to meet them in that dark place and then slowly bring them to the light.
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I've always performed. I've done plays at home.
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I like to do everything myself - I'm very hands-on with my housekeeping, my children, travelling, how I do things.
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A man will turn over half a library to make one book.
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My basic feeling about military intervention is that it should be a last resort, undertaken only to stave off large-scale bloodshed.
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No one can end it, but incidents of corruption can be reduced.
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I'll tell you what's helped me my entire life. I look at baseball as a game. It's something where people can go out, enjoy and have fun. Nothing more.
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Do not consider it proof just because it is written in books, for a liar who will deceive with his tongue will not hesitate to do the same with his pen.
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Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent then the one derived from fear of punishment.
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People are intrigued by fame, power and wealth and I think Hollywood is the only place where you get all three together.
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If you look at a lot of the songs I've been involved in, there's always been this retro vibe. I started getting worried that I wasn't moving forward very much, nor was I even in tune with the music today. I almost scoffed at it.
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When you make a movie, it's up to so many things and so many people.
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I'm constantly maxing out my Gmail account, and that is hard to do.
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I think, people look at me, and they say, 'You were very aggressive,' I say, 'Yeah,' you know, and I've made a better life for myself, for my son, so I should reflect that with my music now. I shouldn't still be rhyming like that; that would be me lying.
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I'll admit that I do quite like drinks that come in coconut shells. So there's always that.
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In Europe, a writer is supposed to improve up until he's about 75.
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Slowly but surely, we have much better female roles to play and to choose from.
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I didn't actually get along with my dad when I was growing up, so by the time I was in my 20s, I didn't think I was going to be a writer.
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I accommodated practically all of the liberation movements, including those of Latin America.
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If your music is great, you will have fans, not because you have spent time chatting on social media.
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The parts I've been most successful in are the ones I've desperately, desperately wanted.
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I read a book lately by Nietzsche and he says religion is just to dull the senses of the people. I agree.
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Since I was a boy of five or six, I had it in my mind I would be a world boxing champion.