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" I answer only to God. "
Mr. T
God
Answer
Only
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" I'm a child of God first. Before I became a celebrity, I was baptized a Christian. "
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" I want people to draw strength from me. "
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" My mother raised me with God. We were poor financially, but we were rich spiritually. "
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" I was being trained because I wanted to be a preacher like my father. I wanted to talk about Moses; I wanted to talk about God... I wanted to talk about the apostles, the disciples and all that. "
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" I'm a mama's boy because everything I do is with respect to my mother. I won't do a movie or a video that would bring disrespect to my mother. "
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" They used to call me 'Touchdown T.' I remember in high school, we had homecoming, and I got in front of the pep rally, and I told them, 'I'm going to run for three touchdowns.' I ran for three touchdowns, kicked the extra point, and took myself out the game. "
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" When I was old enough to change my name, I changed it to Mr. T so that the first word out of someone's mouth was 'Mister,' a sign of respect. "
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" I was a straight-A student. But I was a bad lad. "
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" We all gonna die eventually from something or other, but don't be a wimp. Put up a good fight. "
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" Back in the day, I would wear up to 45 pounds of gold. It would take me four hours to get dressed! "
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" I'm not really an actor, I'm a reactor; I'm a pitchman. That's what I do best. Nobody can do it any better. "
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" You pity the fool because you don't want to beat up a fool! You know, pity is between sorry and mercy. See, if you pity him, you know, you won't have to beat him up. So that's why I say fools, you gotta give another chance because they don't know no better. That's why I pity them! "
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" I don't do Shakespeare. I don't talk in that kind of broken English. "
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" I sent out a tweet, 'Dancing with the Stars' should stop the jibber jabber. They shouldn't make the departure of a dancer so tear jerky because nobody's going to war. "
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" If every man loves his mother, he's going to treat the ladies right, with love and respect. "
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" If you look at my job, my union card, it says 'actor.' It don't say nothing about celebrity, movie star, nothing like that, and that's one thing that keeps me humble. "
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" As a kid, I got three meals a day. Oatmeal, miss-a-meal and no meal. "
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" I used to bodyguard for Muhammad Ali, Leon Spinks, Sugar Ray Leonard. I used to bodyguard a lot of diamond merchants; I would travel with a suitcase full of diamonds and take them from point A to point B. My reputation grew because I was a professional. I did my job, and I was courteous - a no-nonsense guy. "
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" I want to represent... to the kids to draw strength from me. So they can see that everybody goes through something, but you can rise up and do your best. Just try. "
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" I take a lot of pride in the work I do, because people pay to see me. They've got to get babysitters, park their car, get popcorn and candy. I've got to be conscious of that. "
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" Judas betrayed Jesus. Lady Red betrayed John Dillinger. Those things happen. "
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" I could talk all day, T stands for talking, T stands for tender, T stands for things that don't even rhyme with T. "
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" Basically, I wear sandals, like Jesus. When it gets cold in Chicago, the snow way up to my knees, I still wear my sandals. But that's me. "
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