Fifteen referees. I want fifteen referees to be at this fight because there ain't no one man who can keep up with the pace I'm gonna set except me. There's not a man alive who can whup me. I'm too fast. I'm too smart. I'm too pretty. I should be a postage stamp. That's the only way I'll ever get licked.
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Service to others is the rent which you pay for your room here on earth.
Service to others is the rent which you pay for your room here on earth.
Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.
Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.
The service you do for others is the rent you pay for the time you spend on earth.
The service you do for others is the rent you pay for the time you spend on earth.
Pleasure is not happiness. It has no more importance than a shadow following a man.
Pleasure is not happiness. It has no more importance than a shadow following a man.
