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" When I was growing up, my family was so poor we couldn't afford to pay attention. "

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" I don't call up the press and say, 'Look at me!' "

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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. "

" 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. "

" I am tough, but deep inside my toughness, I like to let people know I'm an old-fashioned mama's boy. "

" I believe in the Golden Rule - The Man with the Gold... Rules. "

" I pity the fool who just gives up. "

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" You'll never have any trouble with Mr. T, I'm just a big, calm teddy bear kind of guy. Mr. T ain't ashamed to cry. When I go out and I meet people who are suffering and they come and talk to me, Mr. T cries, Mr. T who could break a man's jaw with his fist. "

" 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. "

" I don't like magic - but I have been known to make guys disappear. "

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" I didn't come to Hollywood. Hollywood came to me. A lot of people wish they could say the things I say. Everyone out here is so phony, it's sickening. "

" I was a straight-A student. But I was a bad lad. "

" 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! "

" My mother raised me with God. We were poor financially, but we were rich spiritually. "

" My faith was tested like Job. That's the message I try to tell other people: just because you believe in God, serve God, feed the hungry, clothe the naked, people gotta realize, it don't mean things not gonna happen to you. "

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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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