Mr. T Quotes

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Mr. T

Profession : Actor

Birth : May 21, 1952

If you can't read, the only thing you can do is enjoy the pictures, not the whole story. Reading is the key to knowledge. Knowledge is the key to understanding. So read on, young man! Read on, young lady!

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If people are cool, then they are not stressed. I pity the fool that don't be cool.

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It takes a smart man to play dumb.

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

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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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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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I'm tough when I have to be, tender when I should be. When you find a really tough guy, he's not a predator. He doesn't have to prove himself. Guys who have to pretend to be tough, they ain't. I'm tough.

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As a kid, I got three meals a day. Oatmeal, miss-a-meal and no meal.

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To be a bodyguard is to be a kamikaze pilot. Dedicated.

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I have a heart of gold, but I'm really a marshmallow in my heart.

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I pity the fool who just gives up.

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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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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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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.

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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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Really, you don't lose until you stop trying.

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T stands for being nice. T stands for manners. T stands for being polite.

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

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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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