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" Judas betrayed Jesus. Lady Red betrayed John Dillinger. Those things happen. "
Mr. T
Happen
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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 proud to be an actor. See, as an actor, you live longer. Football players, the brain and all that stuff, ooh-eee, that's not good. "
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" I was a straight-A student. But I was a bad lad. "
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" I am tough, but deep inside my toughness, I like to let people know I'm an old-fashioned mama's boy. "
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" You cross me, I'm going to hurt you. But I'm really very gentle. "
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" I said I would never wear my gold again because it would be insensitive and disrespectful to all the people who died and lost everything in Katrina. "
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" I answer only to God. "
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" You know, T can stand for anything. T stand for working hard. T stand for loving thy neighbor. T stand for feeding the hungry. T stand for just working, working, working, being happy on the set, you know, lifting everybody's spirits. T stands for just a nice guy. "
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" Everybody loved 'The A-Team' because it was entertainment, pure and simple. "
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" I do watch some TV. I like the History Channel and National Geographic, and old shows on TV Land like 'Sanford and Son,' 'The Jeffersons,' and 'Benson.' "
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" I used to bodyguard for some celebrities and other people, and when I wasn't doing that, I used to work at a disco as a doorman or a bouncer. "
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Man
Train
Black
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" I tell everybody, I get so much because I give so much. I give freely, I give all my time, give all my money, give all of my soul. I try to motivate people. I try to inspire them. "
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