Mr. T Quotes

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Mr. T

Profession : Actor

Birth : May 21, 1952

In 1995, I was diagnosed with cancer, and I had to practice what I preached. I had always said to 'believe in God' and 'don't give up' to little kids who had been diagnosed with cancer. I then thought if I can't call on that same God and same strength that I told people about, I would be a liar and a phony.

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To kids, I've always been more than just some big tough black guy. I train to be tough - I box and do karate - but underneath all that toughness is a tender man.

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The most violent show on TV is the six o'clock news.

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I go down the street, people see me: 'Hey, I pity-' right on, man, that's a compliment to me.

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I try to use my experience and the fact that I grew up in the ghetto - I tell people you don't have to rob or steal to get out of the ghetto.

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I want people to draw strength from me.

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I believed in God when cancer come to me. Now when I speak, I speak with authority because I've been there.

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I serve God.

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I don't do Shakespeare. I don't talk in that kind of broken English.

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We were poor, but we smiled.

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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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One time, this guy was bothering my mother, and me and my brothers had a stern talking with the guy and a little bit of physicality with him. So he disappeared. But I'm not a magician.

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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 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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I have been chosen by God Almighty to be one of his messengers.

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I want to represent... to the kids to draw strength from me. So they can see that everybody goes through something, but you can rise up and do your best. Just try.

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I pull no punches!

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