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" The most violent show on TV is the six o'clock news. "
Mr. T
Violent
Most
News
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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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" Stay humble and be concerned for the less fortunate. "
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" I'm not the same man I used to be, I'm not out hell-raising, stuff like that. I am a changed man. "
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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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" 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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" When I'm ready to fight, my opponent has a better chance of surviving a forest fire wearing gasoline drawers. "
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" I'm pretty clean, hygienic and all that, but sometimes when I come home, I throw my coat over there, take one shoe off here, one shoe off there, but I'm not dirty. "
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" I thank God I'm in a position where I can pick and choose - there are some roles I don't play. "
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" 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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" If I forget to pray, I can't get through the day without snapping at people. "
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Forget
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" Any man who doesn't love his mama can't be no friend of mine. "
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" My celebrity status allows me an opportunity, allows me a pulpit to preach and reach out to the people. Not even always preaching but just leading, motivating them by being a leader. "
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Opportunity
People
" 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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God
Father
Being
" 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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Try
Time
" When I was little, I used to adore gold. It was something special. "
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Something
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Little
" I'm a bold Christian, not a scaredy-cat Christian. "
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Bold
Christian
" I hold the door for the ladies - I'm a gent. "
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Door
Hold
Ladies
" I listen to my mother, and that keeps me out of trouble. I'm a good son. "
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Me
Listen
Mother
" All I ever wanted out of my life was to buy my mother a house. By 1995, I have achieved all I wanted materially in life. "
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Buy
House
" To be a bodyguard is to be a kamikaze pilot. Dedicated. "
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Pilot
Dedicated
Bodyguard
" I want people to draw strength from me. "
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Want
Me
Draw
" 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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Really
Any
Nobody
" 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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School
" 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. "
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God
Pray
End
" I've never seen myself as a star. I never call myself a celebrity or a superstar, whatever. "
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Never
" I'm tender on the inside. "
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Inside
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" WWE asked me to be in the Hall of Fame, and I turned it down. You know why? They put Pete Rose in the wrestling Hall of Fame. This guy can't even get into his own Hall of Fame. "
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You
Down
" I try to work out my mind more these days. I try to eat right. I don't drink, I don't smoke, and I take the skin off chicken. But I'm not on no special diet. I like my steak and potatoes, ice cream, doughnuts. "
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" I didn't watch 'The A-Team' movie. I'm an artist. You can't re-paint a Rembrandt. You can't duplicate that; I don't care who you get. "
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Get
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" I am a tough guy. "
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Am
Guy