I pity the fool who just gives up.
MR. T
MR. T
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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 I’m not a star. I don’t feel I’m so great. So how can I make you feel great just because you’ve got my signature on a piece of paper?
Mr. TMr. T My mother raised me with God. We were poor financially, but we were rich spiritually.
Mr. TMr. T It takes a smart man to play dumb.
Mr. TMr. T Really, you don’t lose until you stop trying.
Mr. TMr. T 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.
Mr. TMr. T My momma didn’t clean up floors so I could be a thug… so I could wear my pants down.
Mr. TMr. T I said I would never wear my gold again because it would be insensitive and disrespectful to all the people who died and lost everything in Katrina.
Mr. TMr. T If you gonna wear the mohawk, you stick with it. You don’t just be dibby-dabbing. You make up your mind.
Mr. TMr. T You’ll never have any trouble with Mr. T, I’m just a big, calm teddy bear kind of guy. Mr. T ain’t ashamed to cry.
Mr. TMr. T I try to work out my mind more these days. I try to eat right. I don’t drink, I don’t smoke, and I take the skin off chicken. But I’m not on no special diet. I like my steak and potatoes, ice cream, doughnuts.
Mr. TMr. T Whatever role I play is a positive role; it’s a strong role. Never negative.
Mr. TMr. T To be a bodyguard is to be a kamikaze pilot. Dedicated.
Mr. TMr. T 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.
Mr. TMr. T I’ve turned those steel chains into gold to symbolize the fact that I’m still a slave, only my price tag is higher.
Mr. TMr. T
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Juana GarciaJuana Garcia Paper and pen petrify me, for they pierce right through me, drawing deep blue blood, leaving me utterly cold.
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