More from Mr. T
I used to carry my father’s Bible and put it on the pulpit so he could preach.
Mr. TMr. T If I forget to pray, I can’t get through the day without snapping at people.
Mr. TMr. T I thank God I’m in a position where I can pick and choose – there are some roles I don’t play.
Mr. TMr. T I’m a mama’s boy because everything I do is with respect to my mother.
Mr. TMr. T I would never do a commercial if I thought it was offensive to anyone.
Mr. TMr. T 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.
Mr. TMr. T 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.
Mr. TMr. T I don’t have a problem with Hulk Hogan. People say things and do things, and who am I to judge?
Mr. TMr. T When I was little, I used to adore gold. It was something special.
Mr. TMr. T 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.
Mr. TMr. T I get up every morning and say, ‘Father, give me strength today, not strength so I can lift 500 pounds, but give me strength.
Mr. TMr. T If every man loves his mother, he’s going to treat the ladies right, with love and respect.
Mr. TMr. T As a kid, I got three meals a day. Oatmeal, miss-a-meal and no meal.
Mr. TMr. T As a Christian, you forgive, and you feed the hungry and clothe the naked, and you visit the sick and comfort the lonely.
Mr. TMr. T Everybody loved ‘The A-Team’ because it was entertainment, pure and simple.
Mr. TMr. T 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.
Mr. TMr. T
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From our community writers
Since you are gone, I collect the stars each night building my own night sky, so I have something to hold onto forever.
Laura ChouetteLaura Chouette Can anybody hear me? Are my words going to waste I need to believe there was a purpose to all the pain?
Allie MillerAllie Miller The universe hears what you say, but it knows what you mean.
Brianna PastorBrianna Pastor Enough of this. The next one I love will return my passion.
Iestyn TudorIestyn Tudor It’s unconditional; their chemistry is unconditional – forever.
Ophelia ScarlettOphelia Scarlett I love you so much that it hurts and that’s the problem I love you so much that it hurts.
Olivia CliffordOlivia Clifford Let’s always bloom, savor and delight others with our beauty.
Mariya FedulovaMariya Fedulova Shadows follow me the way a vulture stalks death. One small step ahead.
Danielle MontgomeryDanielle Montgomery
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More on free
There is no liberation to compare with freeing oneself from the illusions and delusions of the age in which one lives.
Terence McKennaTerence McKenna What good in a man’s life if it’s not lived free eh?
Bartolomeo d'AlvianoBartolomeo d'Alviano I think I’m like a free spirit.
Bai LingBai Ling Never forget that we were enslaved in this country longer than we have been free.
Ta-Nehisi CoatesTa-Nehisi Coates You think yourself free, because you do what you will; but are you free to will, or not to will; to desire, or not to desire? Are not your volitions and desires necessarily excited by objects or qualities totally independent of you?
Baron d'HolbachBaron d'Holbach I shall listen to my heart and it shall save me. I shall listen to my heart and I’ll be free.
Barry WebsterBarry Webster The free man must be born before freedom can be won, and the brotherly man must be born before full brotherhood can be won. It will come into being only if we build it out of our very muscle and bone – by trying to act it out.
Barbara DemingBarbara Deming To free him from the tyrannies, petty or otherwise, which served to make his existence a slavery.
Samuel GompersSamuel Gompers
