It takes a smart man to play dumb.
MR. T
MR. T
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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 I always was a Christian… whatsoever a man thinks in his heart is who he is.
Mr. TMr. T I take a lot of pride in the work I do, because people pay to see me. They’ve got to get babysitters, park their car, get popcorn and candy. I’ve got to be conscious of that.
Mr. TMr. T I’m a bold Christian, not a scaredy-cat Christian.
Mr. TMr. T Left ear, I wear four earrings. The four is symbolic of the four seasons, spring, winter, summer and fall, the four directions, north, east, south and west, the four gospel writers, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.
Mr. TMr. T When you give, it comes back to you.
Mr. TMr. T 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.
Mr. TMr. T I’m not the same man I used to be, I’m not out hell-raising, stuff like that. I am a changed man.
Mr. TMr. T Football players, the brain and all that stuff, ooh-eee, that’s not good.
Mr. TMr. T I’m tender on the inside.
Mr. TMr. T When my ancestors came from Africa, they were shackled by our neck, our wrists, and our ankles in steel chains.
Mr. TMr. T I’m not really an actor, I’m a reactor; I’m a pitchman. That’s what I do best. Nobody can do it any better.
Mr. TMr. T NBC had a show called ‘The Toughest Bouncer in America’ that I did. But I told them I didn’t like that term, ‘bouncer.’.
Mr. TMr. T I would travel with a suitcase full of diamonds and take them from point A to point B.
Mr. TMr. T
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With new relationships, we get scared of being loved because we scared of rejection. Don’t let your fears ruin a perfectly good relationship.
Emily BockEmily Bock I love having someone to talk to all night.
Sophie SmithSophie Smith It is a loud war to love you in silence.
Noor BazziNoor Bazzi Don’t let unimportant people have too much power over you.
Hei-Ran ParkHei-Ran Park Remember that your purpose is indeed to be nothing else but YOU, all that you are and all that you want to be.
ShamaShama I like the crazy ones- the ones made of a little bit of human and a lot of star.
Lauren EdenLauren Eden Let go and trust in the higher power to guide you.
Lisa RoseLisa Rose Let the music fill the empty patches of your soul. And heal you.
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You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.
Erica JongErica Jong I’ve done a lot of dumb things in my life.
Jason MomoaJason Momoa To denumb the creative impulse above all else essential to the vitality and growth of democratic ideals.
Ida TarbellIda Tarbell People say you have to know when to retire, which is a dumb thing to say. If you want to go out on top, yeah, it becomes important when you quit. But I wasn’t afraid of that. And I wasn’t worried about getting fired.
Tom LandryTom Landry Life should be fun not dumb
Zac EfronZac Efron I was young and dumb back in the ’90s, but I had a lot of fun.
John DalyJohn Daly This tends to result in very dumbed-down products that are easy to get started on, but are generally worthless and/or debilitating.
Alan KayAlan Kay A mental midget with the IQ of a fence post.
Tom WaitsTom Waits