What I have learned in this life is you can never be ashamed of where you come from.
TYLER PERRYI don’t think the dreams die – I think that people give up. I think it gets too hard.
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Developing a good work ethic is a key [to success]. Apply yourself at whatever you do, whether you’re a janitor or taking your first summer job, because that work ethic will be reflected in everything you do in life.
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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 was a very poor young black boy in New Orleans, just a face without a name, swimming in a sea of poverty trying to survive.
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It’s a clear day Sonny, L A N D.
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I live my life outside of the box because when I die they’re going to put me into one!
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I have this huge, huge fan base of people who’ve never seen a Broadway show, but I think it’s a great introduction to what Broadway is because my shows are not that. I think that if you’re getting people to go to theater then somebody should be celebrating that.
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He who has the gold makes the rules.
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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 try not to take on the weight or the burden of it. Once it’s on the paper, I try to leave it, because I want to surrender to what I’m supposed to write about.
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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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I’m very open to fresh talent, and I love the underdog, people who have been counted out, because they come in with a different type of hunger. I’m all for the underdog, so I’d like to talk to anybody who shows up with that sort of thirst.
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Forgiveness is giving up the hope of what happened to you from being different.
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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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My biggest success is getting over the things that have tried to destroy and take me out of this life. Those are my biggest successes. It has nothing to do with work.
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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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