It takes a smart man to play dumb.
MR. T
MR. T
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I was mischievous. I wasn’t bad. I stole food so we could eat. My mother didn’t know.
Mr. TMr. T My mother told me, ‘Son, nobody else but God knows.’ And that’s what I’m about – reaching out to the people, crying with them, giving them hope.
Mr. TMr. T Everybody has done something that we wish we didn’t say or do and wish we could take it back.
Mr. TMr. T 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.
Mr. TMr. T I learned that from Muhammad Ali; I used to bodyguard him. He taught me about confidence. So when it comes to any job I work, I’m gonna do it good; I’m going to bring it over the top.
Mr. TMr. T My mother never cursed at home; my father never cursed at home. My father didn’t drink. Even though we were poor, we would say a blessing over the table. So that’s who I am.
Mr. TMr. T God is on my side, and that’s all I need. I get up in the morning.
Mr. TMr. T Obama’s not Jesus. He can’t walk on water.
Mr. TMr. T Visiting the hospital, visiting the kids with cancer, visiting the adults, and stuff like that. That’s what I do.
Mr. TMr. T When I was nine years old, living on the south side of Chicago, my father was a minister and my mother used to scrub floors.
Mr. TMr. T I am a tough guy.
Mr. TMr. T To have a comeback, you have to have a setback.
Mr. TMr. T If you look at my job, my union card, it says ‘actor.’ It don’t say nothing about celebrity, movie star, nothing like that, and that’s one thing that keeps me humble.
Mr. TMr. T Gold was a gift to Jesus. If it’s good enough for Jesus, it’s good enough for me!
Mr. TMr. T If people are cool, then they are not stressed. I pity the fool that don’t be cool.
Mr. TMr. T I used to tell her some man gave me $10 to sweep out the yard. I was like Robin Hood. I took from the rich and gave to the poor. Me.
Mr. TMr. T
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Find someone who can hear you even when you’re silent.
Brad NeatonBrad Neaton Shadows follow me the way a vulture stalks death. One small step ahead.
Danielle MontgomeryDanielle Montgomery Hidden in the ashes, of a fallen building lays a child’s family photo, with whom he could never unite in life.
Heba NazarHeba Nazar To love something, someone. You don’t need to own them.
Sonika MSonika M When you miss someone, you realize their worth and your faith.
Aradhna S BirenAradhna S Biren The bed was the canvas, we were the art.
Jonny OxJonny Ox Every little part of your soul was made to shine.
Ashley PrzywolskiAshley Przywolski When in truth, it is the transparency that kills you. The pain of seeing through to something you can never quite touch.
Lang LeavLang Leav
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I don’t want to speak for my movies; you could say my movies are just completely silly and dumb, but in the case of ‘Idiocracy’ and ‘Borat,’ without a doubt there is a really subversive and sophisticated assault on American culture.
Adam McKayAdam McKay The Trojans lost the war because they fell for a really dumb trick. hey, there’s a gigantic wooden horse outside and all the Greeks have left.
Adam C. EngstAdam C. Engst People are stupid. There’s a lot of dumb stuff that’s successful.
Adam CarollaAdam Carolla Can’t you see that I’m only advising you to beg yourself not to be so dumb
PetroniusPetronius For it would have been better that man should have been born dumb, nay, void of all reason, rather than that he should employ the gifts of Providence to the destruction of his neighbor.
QuintilianQuintilian It’s a combination of life being unpredictable, and you being super dumb.
Aaron SorkinAaron Sorkin Life is short … so why waste it doing something dumb?
Aaron SwartzAaron Swartz I really can’t complain about actresses who get paid to be dumb. Most of us can’t get paid to be smart.
Aaron AllstonAaron Allston