Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee!

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Interview

Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee!

Muhammad Ali

1964

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Boxing

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Metaphor, analogy and simile

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Interview

Time

1964

Person

Muhammad Ali

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Citation

Ali, Muhammad. Interviewed by Bob Halloran, CBS, c. 25 Feb. 1964.

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