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Life is so precious, such a gift, you have to live for you. Live your own truth, live the life that God has put you and nobody else on this Earth to live and not what somebody might be telling you to live.

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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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You need to know that you can't honor God when you're chained to the voice and opinions of man.
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It's not an easy journey, to get to a place where you forgive people. But it is such a powerful place, because it frees you.
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Oprah is very, very, very special to me. She's an amazing woman.
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I am so proud to be from New Orleans and to be one of those people who had been displaced. I wasn't there during that time, but that's where I come from, that kind of poverty, and I'm very, very proud of that because it's given me my history.
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I got 27 people livin in my head and all of them was about to beat the heck out of you for doin that.
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I realized that here's a moment for me to learn so until I learn and understand more about how types of films are done - action, sci-fi - even though I have a desire to do it, I won't go into it until I'm very clear that I can do it and that moment hasn't come yet. Maybe one day I will ready, but for now, I just enjoyed playing the character.
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God has put me in a really good position where I can make the choices to walk away if something is not right, so that way I can keep my integrity.
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A mother’s love is stronger than distance, more powerful than time and can transcend the grave.
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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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Music is always around, and it helps to heighten any emotion.
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I put a thong on a few months ago trying to be sexy. I've been looking for it but ain't seen it since.
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Everything that I talk about, pretty much, are things that I learned or understood over the years.
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If you don't want my God here, you don't want me here either. God has been too good to me to go and try to sell out to get some money...
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My mother wasn't strong like my aunt. She was just very passive.
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What I know about me is that, in order to lead, you also have to know how to follow.
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You can get a thousand no's from people, and only one yes from God.
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I'm just enjoying my life.I suggest you try it.
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You can never be upset with the people who forced you into your dream or up higher.
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Seeing people laugh definitely inspires me, and so does seeing people get life lessons about living better.
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