I was mischievous. I wasn’t bad. I stole food so we could eat. My mother didn’t know.
MR. TI use my celebrity status to inspire someone, to give them hope.
More Mr. T Quotes
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I won’t do a movie or a video that would bring disrespect to my mother.
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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.
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Why am I here? I’m not lucky. That’s God.
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I have a heart of gold, but I’m really a marshmallow in my heart.
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I always was a Christian… whatsoever a man thinks in his heart is who he is.
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When my ancestors came from Africa, they were shackled by our neck, our wrists, and our ankles in steel chains.
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If I forget to pray, I can’t get through the day without snapping at people.
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When 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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Everybody loved ‘The A-Team’ because it was entertainment, pure and simple.
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My faith was tested like Job. That’s the message I try to tell other people: just because you believe in God, serve God, feed the hungry, clothe the naked, people gotta realize, it don’t mean things not gonna happen to you.
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Really, you don’t lose until you stop trying.
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You pity the fool because you don’t want to beat up a fool! You know, pity is between sorry and mercy. See, if you pity him, you know, you won’t have to beat him up. So that’s why I say fools, you gotta give another chance because they don’t know no better. That’s why I pity them!
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Basically, I wear sandals, like Jesus. When it gets cold in Chicago, the snow way up to my knees, I still wear my sandals. But that’s me.
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T stands for being nice. T stands for manners. T stands for being polite.
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I try to motivate people. I try to inspire them.
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