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I beat Larry Holmes and George Foreman. I whupped Mike Tyson twice. I had my ear chewed off and spat on the ground in front of me. I've seen everything it is possible to see in boxing. I know this business better than anyone. So I live and die by my own decisions. ↗

— Evander Holyfield

#beat #better #boxing #business #chewed

I'm just one woman away, my mother, from being the same as Mike Tyson. I would've ended up like him if my mama had not been so tough and strong. A lot of people, including Mike, don't know I came from the ghetto. They think I'm too nice and proper. But that's the way my mama raised me - to look people in the eye and respect them. ↗

— Evander Holyfield

#been #being #came #ended #eye

Without a sign, his sword the brave man draws, and asks no omen, but his country's cause. ↗

— Homer

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A poet's autobiography is his poetry. Anything else is just a footnote. ↗

— Yevgeny Yevtushenko

#anything #autobiography #else #footnote #his

Whenever I get the sort of fancy pants idea that I'm doing anything other than pure expression things start to go wrong. When I get too premeditated, things start to go wrong. I just shut that part of my brain off. ↗

— Lev Yilmaz

#brain #doing #expression #fancy #get

The man who voyages strange seas must of necessity be a little unsure of himself. It is the man with the flashy air of knowing everything, who is always with it, that we should beware of. ↗

— Fred Hoyle

#always #beware #everything #flashy #himself

Things are the way they are because they were the way they were. ↗

— Fred Hoyle

#things #way #were

A bigger business is like a cruise ship: There are lots of amenities and you can go a lot further, but it's harder to turn quickly. ↗

— Tony Hsieh

#bigger #business #cruise #further #go

For me, the most fun is change or growth. There are definitely elements of both that I like. Launching a business is kind of like a motorboat: You can go very quickly and turn fast. ↗

— Tony Hsieh

#business #change #definitely #elements #fast

Our customers call and e-mail us to say that's how it feels when a Zappos box arrives. And that's how we view this company. ↗

— Tony Hsieh

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