Muhammad Ali Quotes
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Who would thought only of themselves and kill their race? You would hate other people if you don't want to stay who you are.
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What’s my greatest weakness? Sad stories, people with problems.
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I have learned to live my life one step, one breath, and one moment at a time, but it was a long road. I set out on a journey of love, seeking truth, peace and understanding. I am still learning.
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The crowd did not dream when they laid down their money that they would see a total eclipse of the Sonny!
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Wars of nations are fought to change maps. But wars of poverty are fought to map change.
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Fighting by itself doesn't interest me anymore. I want to help people, the black people and I need any kind of media to spread my thought: God, charity, peace.
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I wasn't thinking of being the greatest. But I knew I had a chance.
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Sometimes Howard [Cosell] makes me wish I was a dog and he was a fireplug.
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You have a right to say what you believe, and I have a right.
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Women are not equal with men, that's sure. When the woman is in danger she always looks to the man for help. We are superior by nature. The black or white woman needn't worry in life because the world is ruled by the white man.
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Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.
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The word had spread and people were piling around us. But then very suddenly, Sonny Liston froze me with that look of his. He said real quiet, 'Let's go on over here.' And he led the way to a table and the people hung back. I ain't going to lie. This was the only time since I have known Sonny Liston that he really scared me.
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We're not trying to take power away or rule anybody - we're just trying to get up from under the rulers.
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No woman on this whole earth can please me and cook for me and socialise and talk to me like my American black woman.
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This life is not real. I conquered the world and it did not bring me satisfaction.
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I strongly object to the fact that so many newspapers have given the American public and the world the impression that I have only two alternatives in taking this stand: either I go to jail or go to the Army. There is another alternative and that alternative is justice. If justice prevails, if my Constitutional rights are upheld, I will be forced to go neither to the Army nor jail. In the end I am confident that justice will come my way for the truth must eventually prevail.
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The greater our level of understanding, the harder the tests become.
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I'm the best. I just haven't played yet.
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I'm so mean I make medicine sick!
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The outgoing and spontaneous person that the world knew while I was boxing was a persona that I created to sell tickets and promote my career. In my private life, I am quiet and reflective by nature.
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Nobody has to tell me that this is a serious business. I'm not fighting one man. I'm fighting a lot of men, showing a lot of 'em, here is one man they couldn't defeat, couldn't conquer. My mission is to bring freedom to 30m black people.
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We can't be brave without fear.
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Every time I look in the mirror, I see that kid from Louisville, Kentucky, staring back at me. His name was Cassius Clay.
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The world badly needs more peaceful and loving men like Sri Chinmoy. I am a Muslim and he is serving all people of peace. Sri Chinmoy is doing so much for the world, for people of all faiths, because of his own peace and faith.