"I was always at the gymnasium every..." - Quote by Muhammad Ali
I was always at the gymnasium every day at six o'clock after school. In the mornings I would run, looking forward to future golden gloves and Olympic tournaments.
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“Martin Luther King was bumped off unjustly, Adam Clayton Powell was bumped off unjustly, they took my title unjustly, they killed Megers Ever unjustly, all the integrators who love white folks, was unjustly kicked out of Washington, they've been deprived of education and poverty throughout the country.”
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“My falcon now is sharp and passing empty, and till she stoop she must not be full-gorged, for then she never looks upon her lure.”
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