"It's good to know how to read, but it's dangerous to know how to read and not how to interpret what you're reading."

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Words carry weight, and Mike Tyson's insight into literature is no exception. It serves as a gentle reminder that amidst the chaos of modern life, timeless wisdom still holds the power to guide our decisions and clarify our values.

About Mike Tyson

Michael Gerard Tyson is an American former professional boxer who competed between 1985 and 2024. Nicknamed "Iron Mike" and "Kid Dynamite" in his early career, and later known as "the Baddest Man on the Planet", Tyson is widely regarded as one of the greatest heavyweight boxers of all time, and one of the most intimidating men in boxing history. He reigned as the undisputed world heavyweight champion from 1987 to 1990.

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"When I fight someone, I want to break his will. I want to take his manhood. I want to rip out his heart and show it to him."

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"Mr. Arthur Ashe, he was good. I read some of his books. He knew about everything, but he was real quiet and didn't talk much. I never met him."

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"I don't try to intimidate anybody before a fight. That's nonsense. I intimidate people by hitting them."

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"I've never been a fast reader. I'm fickle; I don't finish books I start; I put a book aside for five, ten years and then take it up again."

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"Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours."

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"I haven't trusted polls since I read that 62% of women had affairs during their lunch hour. I've never met a woman in my life who would give up lunch for sex."

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