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Tyler Perry
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: September 14
Actor
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
Novelist
Playwright
Screenwriter
Showrunner
Songwriter
Stage Actor
Television Actor
New Orleans
Louisiana
Emmitt Perry Jr.
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Tyler Perry's brand is faith, family and this whole thing that I've built, while my company, 34th Street Films, is like Disney's Touchstone. We can do anything. People don't know what to expect from me yet.
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He who has the gold makes the rules.
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When it all comes down to it, life isn't about how much we get - it's about how much we share.
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Forgiveness is giving up the hope of what happened to you from being different.
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My mother wasn't strong like my aunt. She was just very passive.
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There were only 3 people that I wanted to meet in life, Nelson Mandela was one of them. What a life, what a journey, what a man. Thank you for passing this way! God bless your resting soul!
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we didn't have much, but we had love.
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What I've never wanted to do was allow myself to be put in a box, so I've tried to do a lot of different things so this is a step in trying to do something different so we'll see how it goes. I'm under no illusions that this is slam-dunk. I did the best I could and that's all I can rely on.
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I think that people think when you have money that your problems go away and everything's solved, and it's great and wonderful. You're a perfect human being.
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I totally give credit to God for all of this stuff, because if I had tried to make these things happen, I couldn't have. To have all these things happen has been absolutely amazing. The road that I'm on is a path that I didn't choose. It chose me. I'm just trying to walk it, and to do the best that I can to honor and respect it.
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I never thought of myself as a mogul, but it's really great to be in that position.
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You will always fine jealous people.They're the ones promoting you.
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Everyone can relate to love, hurt, pain, learning how to forgive, needing to get over, needing the power of God in their life.
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There will be rough nights but joy really does come in the morning.
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A miniskirt shows just enough to cause some mystery. What these young women lack is mystery so the old women have to have it.
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I've never chased money. It's always been about what I can do to motivate and inspire people.
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There's nothing like real forgiveness, a deep-down forgiveness where you don't hold any grudges against people. I forgave for the things they didn't know and for the things they didn't know to do.
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There was our house in New Orleans. Two blocks in front of us were these beautiful mansions and two blocks behind us were the ghetto, projects, and that's where I had to go to school, but I would always pattern my life looking forward. It was almost literal.
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Once you're truly happy with yourself alone, that's when you are safe to find the right person to spend the rest of your life with.
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Growing up, there was always music around, whether across the street, or on the next-door neighbor's stereo. So, as in life, music is always around, and it helps to heighten any emotion. Music is amazing.
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