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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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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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My mother wasn't strong like my aunt. She was just very passive.
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I think, you know, the people that have seen my work, I think it speaks to the possibility of getting better, and, I'm sorry, I'm still on the last caller.
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Don't wait for someone to green light your project, build your own intersection.
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I think we are born into what we're supposed to learn and find out in this life.
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People see truth in my films. That's what they react to, and that's what they relate to.
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There will be rough nights but joy really does come in the morning.
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Oprah is very, very, very special to me. She's an amazing woman.
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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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I know I can only do as much as I can do... Although I have so many ideas of my own, I'm still very interested in helping to cultivate and encourage some promising new artists. But there are a lot of people and, unfortunately, a very small window.
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For as low as you go, ask God to take you that high.
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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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I'm just enjoying my life.I suggest you try it.
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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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