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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. "
Mr. T
Disrespect
Mother
Respect
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" I'm tender on the inside. "
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" NBC had a show called 'The Toughest Bouncer in America' that I did. But I told them I didn't like that term, 'bouncer.' To me, it's offensive. A bouncer likes to get physical, likes to put his hands on people. "
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Show
" 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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Pride
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" I serve God. "
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God
Serve
" Don't be getting sloppy drunk and telling them dirty jokes. "
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Telling
Getting
" I am a tough guy. "
Mr. T
Tough Guy
Am
Guy
" I hold the door for the ladies - I'm a gent. "
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Door
Hold
Ladies
" In high school, I majored in brick masonry. We had the wood shop, the machine shop, so I know about all that. I wanted to build buildings when I graduated from high school. I do know my way around that stuff. "
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High School
Buildings
Know
" The blessed of us must save the less of us. I'm blessed, and yeah, I'm planning to go to Heaven. "
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Blessed
Planning
Save
" All I ever wanted to do with my life was own a little house. I did that way back with 'Rocky,' so now everything I do is just icing on the cake. "
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My Life
Life
House
" I am tough, but deep inside my toughness, I like to let people know I'm an old-fashioned mama's boy. "
Mr. T
I Am
People
Tough
" When I'm ready to fight, my opponent has a better chance of surviving a forest fire wearing gasoline drawers. "
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Forest
Fight
Chance
" The reason why I wear gold - I wear gold for three reasons. One, when Jesus was born, three wise men came from the east: one brought frankincense, one brought myrrh, the other one brought gold. The second reason I wear gold is I can afford it. The third reason I wear it, it's symbolic of my African heritage. "
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Three
Wise
Gold
" I don't mean to be cocky, but if I'm never on TV again, if I never make another dollar, I am proud. I did what I wanted to do. "
Mr. T
Cocky
Proud
Never
" If I forget to pray, I can't get through the day without snapping at people. "
Mr. T
Pray
Forget
Day
" I have a heart of gold, but I'm really a marshmallow in my heart. "
Mr. T
Heart
Gold
Really
" I used to carry my father's Bible and put it on the pulpit so he could preach. "
Mr. T
Preach
He
Father
" When I was nine years old, living on the south side of Chicago, my father was a minister and my mother used to scrub floors. I had seven brothers and four sisters. I told my mama, 'One of these days I'm going to be big and strong and buy you a beautiful house.' That's all I've ever wanted to do with my life, is to take care of my mother. "
Mr. T
Beautiful
Life
Father
" If you get knocked down - setbacks in life, like applying for a job if they don't hire you - keep trying, keep getting up, keep doing it. "
Mr. T
Trying
Doing
You
" Really, you don't lose until you stop trying. "
Mr. T
Really
You
Lose
" To the women and children, T stands for tender. To the bad guys and thugs, it stands for tough. "
Mr. T
Bad
Tender
Tough
" 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. "
Mr. T
Look
You
Humble
" When I'm in the house of God, I don't wear my jewelry, if you're looking for my jewelry. All you see is my heart of gold. "
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Heart
Gold
Looking
" To have a comeback, you have to have a setback. "
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Comeback
You
Setback
" I go to cancer wards, and I tell them guys, 'I've beaten it. You can, too.' "
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You
Too
Cancer
" I answer only to God. "
Mr. T
God
Answer
Only
" I could talk all day, T stands for talking, T stands for tender, T stands for things that don't even rhyme with T. "
Mr. T
Talking
Talk
Things
" Whatever role I play is a positive role; it's a strong role. Never negative. "
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Strong
Positive
Negative
" I was one of the wildest Santa Clauses they ever had. "
Mr. T
Had
Ever
Wildest
" God is on my side, and that's all I need. I get up in the morning, I pray to God. I don't pray to the president, the governor, the mayor, no black caucus, no this and that. I pray to God, and that's the end of it. "
Mr. T
God
Pray
End