To me, it’s offensive. A bouncer likes to get physical, likes to put his hands on people.
MR. TWhen I was old enough to change my name, I changed it to Mr. T so that the first word out of someone’s mouth was ‘Mister,’ a sign of respect.
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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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When I was little, I used to adore gold. It was something special.
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See, behind all my tough, rough exterior is basically a marshmallow, maybe a pussycat. But not a wimp!
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If I never make another dollar, I am proud. I did what I wanted to do.
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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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I have the Midas touch, in the way that when I hook up with a project, I feel, not speaking cocky or conceited, but there’s a confidence I have.
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I don’t worry. I don’t doubt. I’m daring. I’m a rebel.
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I was being trained because I wanted to be a preacher like my father. I wanted to talk about Moses; I wanted to talk about God.
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If every man loves his mother, he’s going to treat the ladies right, with love and respect.
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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.
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I won’t do a movie or a video that would bring disrespect to my mother.
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Judas betrayed Jesus. Lady Red betrayed John Dillinger. Those things happen.
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Back in the day, I would wear up to 45 pounds of gold. It would take me four hours to get dressed!
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Guys who have to pretend to be tough, they ain’t. I’m tough.
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T stands for being nice. T stands for manners. T stands for being polite.
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I was a straight-A student. But I was a bad lad.
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I’ll never have a wedding. I don’t want to marry just to do what everybody else is doing.
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I didn’t watch ‘The A-Team’ movie. I’m an artist. You can’t re-paint a Rembrandt. You can’t duplicate that; I don’t care who you get.
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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.
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My mother raised me with God. We were poor financially, but we were rich spiritually.
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I’m tender on the inside.
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All I ever wanted out of my life was to buy my mother a house. By 1995, I have achieved all I wanted materially in life.
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I knew I wasn’t going to be a rocket scientist – let’s not be fools – but I wasn’t going to be a bum.
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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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Not even always preaching but just leading, motivating them by being a leader.
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I was one of the wildest Santa Clauses they ever had.
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