Muhammad Ali Quotes
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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.
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It's lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself.
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I hated the sight on TV of big, clumsy, lumbering heavyweights plodding, stalking each other like two Frankenstein monsters, clinging, slugging toe to toe. I knew I could do it better ... circle, dance, shuffle, hit and move ... make an art out of it.
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Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.
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So I didn't pass. It was the army's decision that they didn't want me to go into the service. They're the boss. I don't want to say no whole lot about it.
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Mr. president, I've been a citizen of the United States of America for thirty three years and was never invited to the White House. It sure gives me pleasure to be invited to the Black House.
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When one man of popularity can let the world know the problem, he might lose a few dollars himself. He might lose his life. But he's helping millions.
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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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Sometimes Howard [Cosell] makes me wish I was a dog and he was a fireplug.
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We are all God's people. We are prejudiced and we separate into Jews, Mexicans, Italians, but God doesn't see colors.
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I was lucky, from the age of 12 I had boxing talent and was good for my age.
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I was asked in a way when Honorable Elijah Mohammed said take the step, choose between the wealth of America and the millions of dollars and the title, the ministry. So, I chose the ministry. If I was not sincere, then I would have easily went to Vietnam, boxin' exhibitions, and made a couple of cool million.
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When your mother dies, it really hurts. But with time, you get used to it. That's nature's way.
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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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Whites have always put one against another and now they have a dead man who was nothin' but a, he admitted it himself, Malcolm X, was a tramp or had white women sellin' their body for him, he was nothin' until the Honorable Elijah Mohammed made him great, made him great, taught him, even his name X come from Elijah.
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You have a right to say what you believe, and I have a right.
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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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Ain't no reason for me to kill nobody in the ring, unless they deserve it.
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The show was bad, but I was great.
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I never thought of losing, but now that it' s happened, the only thing is to do it right. That's my obligation to all the people who believe in me. We all have to take defeats in life.
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Only the nose knows Where the nose goes When the door close.
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Religions have different names, and they all contain truth, expressed in different ways forms and times.
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I understand that the worst people in England at a time were ran to America, for some reason.
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There is one hell of a difference between fighting in the ring and going to war in Vietnam.