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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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Children love their mothers. Especially with a boy child and his mother, there's a bond that's unbreakable.
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If you're black, you can't just be ordinary. All successful black people are extraordinary. If you are tremendously successful, and you're black, you are extraordinary, or you wouldn't stand out in this world.
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What do you spend $200 million on, with a film? I can't wrap my brain around that one.
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I had one request when I started doing the plays. My prayer was: God let me do well enough to be able to take care of my mother. I was able to do that 'til the day she died because of my audience. So, they've already done enough. All I ask for now is their continued support.
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I don't do divas. I don't do entourages. I don't do the Hollywood crap.
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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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Focus on one thing, make it your priority, and stick with it no matter what!
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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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Keep your dreams ALIVE. No matter how hard it gets, no matter how many people talk about you they're going to throw dirt on you but that's alright, when they put you in that box (after your dead), they're going to put dirt on you some more, so that's okay - GO, don't be afraid, have NO FEAR.
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I'm not sure why no one wants to admit there's a viable audience out there that believes in God and wants to see a movie with their family. The demand is there. The supply is not.
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You know, people at Wal-Mart are standing there with their uniforms on. I feel like I'm putting on a uniform to do a movie. I don't feel like it's dressing in drag.
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My mother wasn't strong like my aunt. She was just very passive.
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The key to life when it gets tough is to keep moving. Just keep moving.
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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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When you haven't forgiven those who've hurt you, you turn back against your future. When you do forgive, you start walking forward.
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Rather than focus on your critics, focus on the people who are impacted by your work.
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I'm good at giving up control to people who know where they're going and what they want to do. I can sit in the back of a car and ride cross-country if you know where you're going and you know how to take me there.
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I want to be remembered as a guy who inspired, encouraged and made people laugh.
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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 work three months really hard, nonstop, and then I take a month off. Then I do it all over again. I work hard but I give myself four breaks a year.
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