Mr. T (Lawrence Tureaud) Quotes
I'm tough when I have to be, tender when I should be. When you find a really tough guy, he's not a predator. He doesn't have to prove himself. Guys who have to pretend to be tough, they ain't. I'm tough.
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Wine makes a man more pleased with himself; I do not say it makes him more pleasing to others.
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There's very little bohemia in Australia and it's one of the things I miss most about not living in Europe.
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A woman who places a high priority on performance and excellence is seen as imperial. A man is seen as demanding and tough.
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I think one reason my books have found mainstream success is that they're written from a skeptical point of view.
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In establishing democracy, we have to be sensitive to the regional and national context. Democracy also means to guarantee the rights of the minorities. That's my job as a king. We have for example a Jewish ambassador in the US and a Christian in the UK.
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The Czech Republic is a dynamic United Nations Member State, active on the Human Rights Council, contributing to the peaceful settlement of disputes, and helping other countries to achieve a democratic transition.
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Every woman is a queen, and we all have different things to offer.
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We may be coming to a new golden age of instrument making.
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I'm really a director's actor. I rely heavily on a director.
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Liberty, not communism, is the most contagious force in the world.
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My comedy isn't going to solve problems; I'm not that deep.
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In English, I'm a little bit limited. I speak English as a second language, and that's a little limitation that I have to work around and I have to use it to my favor. So, yes, that's why I end up wanting to do more things in Latin America.
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I'm a lot luckier than most people, although I used to look at it the other way around-that so many people seemed luckier than me.
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I got all my politics and culture and my sense of the great wide world of adults from 'Mad Magazine.' But all other comic books literally gave me a headache.
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As you get older, you get more accepting - although, if you asked me whose body I would want, I would say Jess Ennis's at the Olympics.
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I think goodness is about how person behaves to person, and also person to world, to nature.
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My tendency as an actor is, when there's a certain energy, I feel a challenge to match it, to come up to that plate and play on the same level.
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There are a million studies that say the money you put into a kitchen and bath update you get back. That's one of those places you can't go wrong. It can be as simple as updating counters and a backsplash.
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I'm not a marketing person. I don't ask myself questions. I go by instinct.
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I think we need people with stronger ideals than John Kerry or Bill Clinton. I think we need people with more courage and vision.
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You can write whatever you want about me in websites and newspapers, but no one really knows me. They get the idea that I'm a tough, heroic figure, but I'm a sensitive pussycat.
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At a certain point, I just felt, you know, God is not looking for alms, God is looking for action.
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God gave me the same power He gave Jesus. I ask myself daily, Why do I waste such a priceless gift?
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I'm tough when I have to be, tender when I should be. When you find a really tough guy, he's not a predator. He doesn't have to prove himself. Guys who have to pretend to be tough, they ain't. I'm tough.
