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If you're black, you can't just be ordinary. All successful black people are extraordinary.

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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.
Extraordinary
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Black
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All my life I've tried to hide my height. I was taller than everybody else and stood out, so I would slouch and try to hide it.
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Happiness for me is totally just being at peace knowing that, everything I'm doing, God is pleased with that. It's complete peace for me.
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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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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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I've always wanted to work with Blair, and finally the timing was right. I have a tremendous amount of respect for him. I think he's a hugely underrated actor in Hollywood.
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A degree on the wall, without labels on your back, is nothing.
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I'm not suspicious of success, I'm suspicious of the people who want to attach themselves because of your success.
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You let your past destroy you, or you use it to create something better
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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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For as low as you go, ask God to take you that high.
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I'm just enjoying my life.I suggest you try it.
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It's most important that you surround yourself with positivity always, and have it in your mind at all times.
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Don't wait for someone to green light your project, build your own intersection.
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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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What I know about me is that, in order to lead, you also have to know how to follow.
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I know that my audience is largely women, so what I try to do a lot of times is address their issues.
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My mother wasn't strong like my aunt. She was just very passive.
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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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