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Every man's got to figure to get beat sometime.
Everybody wants to go heaven, but nobody wants to die.
Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die.
I don't like money, actually, but it quiets my nerves.
I made the most of my ability and I did my best with my title.... (more Joe Louis quotes)
Louis was rumored to have used cocaine quite frequently during the latter years of his life.
Louis was extrememely proud of his military service in World War II and many credit him with being the driving force behind President Truman's decision to end segregation in the military in 1948. Of course, others such as Muhammad Ali and Howard Cosell saw Louis' military service as prima facie evidence that he was an Uncle Tom.
Max Schmeling r... (more Joe Louis trivia)
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