Mike Tyson Quotes
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Perhaps because my relationship with my father went through such a long, bumpy time, it's been very important for me to work to try to keep lines of communication open between my sons and myself to try to avoid my father's mistakes. At least if you're making mistakes, make different mistakes.
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I've been called 'musically schizophrenic,' and some people think that's a cool thing.
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No religion can long continue to maintain its purity when the church becomes the subservient vassal of the state.
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Democracy is now going forth on a crusade against imperialism.
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In the day-to-day, farm work is stress relief for me. At the end of the day, I love having this other career - my anti-job - that keeps me in shape and gives me control over a vegetal domain.
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Obviously it's much easier to say that you're going to follow your passions when you're financially secure, but at least we can take solace in the fact that we now have the time to pursue the things that we really want to pursue because now the option of doing things just for the money isn't necessarily there.
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Personally, I love theater; that's where I started.
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I was tested against the best.
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I like it when somebody tells me a story, and I actually really feel that that's becoming like a lost art in American cinema.
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For very long, I wasn't able to find a place for myself in movies. After my initial success, I didn't know how to capitalise on it.
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Emotional messiness is my reason for life. In acting, it's so important.
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In '94, we made the deal during collective bargaining that wasn't the right deal, just to save the season. Allowing the 'in the crease' rule, the foot-in-the-crease rule, we should have not done.
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You get an audience to laugh and then show them something horrific, it's going to be even more horrific because they've had the release of the laugh before it.
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People had an idea of what R&B artists or pop artists usually say, which was like, 'Talk about sex, talk about partying, and be positive; don't be too much of a downer.'
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That's what I've wanted to do my whole life, just act. When I was younger, I loved to entertain people. I always used to make up dance routines, do little plays. I love to perform, basically.
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If there really is a God, then he really looks after me.
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I will not get very far with this attitude.
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When I die, I hope they don't cremate me 'cuz I'll burn forever.
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Renewable energy is not more expensive than fossil fuel when you factor in life-cycle costs.
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People are chasing cash, not happiness. When you chase money, you're going to lose. You're just going to. Even if you get the money, you're not going to be happy.
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Sometimes actors come in, you record them, and they do their role.
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I made the conscious decision to not have kids, and I didn't want to be married.
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I am not a role model.
