"If you look at the world the..." - Quote by Muhammad Ali
If you look at the world the same way when you're 50 that you did when you were 20, then you wasted 30 years.
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“"I'm the greatest thing that ever lived! I'm the king of the world! I'm a bad man. I'm the prettiest thing that ever lived. I shook up the world! I want justice..."”
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