Rubin Carter

(1937–2014) Boxer

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Rubin Carter was a boxer, best known for The Sixteenth Round.

Quick Facts About Rubin Carter

Born: May 6, 1937
Died: April 20, 2014
Profession: Boxer
Notable works: The Sixteenth Round

About Rubin Carter

Rubin "Hurricane" Carter was an American middleweight boxer who was wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for murder, until released following a petition of habeas corpus after spending 18 years and 4 months in prison.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Rubin Carter

Hatred and bitterness and anger only consume the vessel that contains them. It doesn't hurt another soul.

Rubin Carter

Anger

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You can gain reconciliation from your enemies, but you can only gain peace from yourself.

Rubin Carter

Enemy

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Bitterness only consumes the vessel that contains it.

Rubin Carter

Anger

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The strategies of offense and defense are very similar between chess and football. Chess really brought closeness to the team back in…

Rubin Carter

Chess

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To live in a world where truth matters and justice, however late, really happens, that world would be heaven enough for us…

Rubin Carter

Enough

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