Sonny Liston Quotes
If they ever let me in the ring with him (Cassius Clay), I'm liable to be put away for murder.
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I got a bike when I was little, a BMX. I called it 'Fido Dido' after the tough little cartoon guy with spiked hair. I thought he was the coolest thing ever.
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It's difficult when you want it all.
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We got to think of other ways to help these kids out because there's a lot of kids who get hurt in college and then don't make it to the NFL and don't have insurance, and their entire lives are changed when they put their bodies on the line for their school.
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The pressure to compete, the fear somebody else will make the splash first, creates a frenzied environment in which a blizzard of information is presented and serious questions may not be raised.
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I'm a pretty big news junkie.
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It'll take a while for all those strange old books that I love to show up on digital: books that aren't current bestsellers but aren't public-domain freebies, either.
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If you are going to think black, think positive about it. Don't think down on it, or think it is something in your way. And this way, when you really do want to stretch out and express how beautiful black is, everybody will hear you.
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I have a big fear of change, or negative change, anyway. I'm basically the same person I was when I won 'Idol,' or when I was 10.
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In a tournament, even though there are team scores, it's calculated and it's a lot more individual. There is more honor to say you're not just better than the opposing schools' wrestler, you're the best wrestler in your weight class. Plus there are lot more awards to win in a tournament.
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There is simple ignorance, which is the source of lighter offenses, and double ignorance, which is accompanied by a conceit of wisdom.
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For naught so vile that on the earth doth live But to the earth some special good doth give.
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Everything that is contradictory creates life.
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That's what fiction is about, isn't it, the selective transforming of reality? The twisting of it to bring out its essence?
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My life is basically a big chunk of greatness.
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I believe in prayer. It's the best way we have to draw strength from heaven.
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The pieces can be difficult, but he teaches you how to feel the music and not just play a bunch of notes.
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If they ever let me in the ring with him (Cassius Clay), I'm liable to be put away for murder.
