Muhammad Ali Quotes
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I am flirtatious by nature, but I have never hurt anyone.
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I just want to live on the road. I can't understand artists that don't want to perform and, like, get on stage and do their songs for all their fans every night. If I'm not performing every night, I get totally depressed. I know that sounds really weird, but I hate sitting at home and not having a 1 A.M. performance now. It kills me.
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I don't believe in the school of hard knocks, although I've had them. All that stuff about whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger is so not true. Do you know what makes you stronger? When people treat you and your art with dignity.
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My father really told me, seriously, if you want something, you can have it, but you may have to work harder than anyone else around you.
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My hearing has suffered seriously; just now I am obliged to have the assistance of an ear trumpet. Think of that, my beauty! - There 's a state for your old Lover to be in! - No more tender whisperings! Imagine sweet confessions to be made through an ear trumpet!
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I don't like the idea of spirituality done the way it's done. The only way I could understand it was through creativity, not by going to an Ashram, or finding a guru or joining a temple. I made work out of it.
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The thing that makes the great players great, and that separates players from different players is, when you going out there whether being prepared or not, you have to react. And if you're thinking, you're already a step behind.
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My dad's one of the funniest men in the world. I grew up with him making me laugh so much I'd beg him to stop.
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The only people who never fail are those who never try.
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I get over-excited by every opportunity that comes my way. I end up doing too much.
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I am at a stage where I want to be known as a versatile actor.
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To understand something, whether we are aware of it or not, depends on choosing a model. We get to understand what we see by comparing it with something else, something that we think we understand better. But what we compare it with turns out to have a huge influence on the outcome.
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Of course as children, we all, in all cultures and societies, learn behavior from observation, imitation, and encouragement of various kinds. So by the suggestion made, we all 'pretend' most of the time.
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You haven't partied until you've partied at dawn in complete silence with Buddhist monks.
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I like '50s and '60s American art. I have 85 or 90 Warhols.
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You can be socially accepted and tell the truth about what it is to be a woman.
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No matter how far a person can go the horizon is still way beyond you.
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You don't have to love them. You just have to respect their rights.
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What I love most about nature is how indifferent it is to us humans and human suffering. While we are here with our little or big tragedies - the wind is blowing, the leaves are rustling in the trees, the flowers bloom, and die - there's a great comfort in that indifference.
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I learned everything I know about music from my parents and my sisters.
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I pick the wrong kinds of guys, but they're so hot.
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Lost in much of the national debate about immigration reform is how Democrats ultimately stand to gain electorally with any legislation or executive action that would put the newly legalized residents on a path to voting.
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I lapsed into rude.
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I’m gonna show you how great I am.
