I don’t think the dreams die – I think that people give up. I think it gets too hard.
TYLER PERRYA degree on the wall, without labels on your back, is nothing.
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It’s always been easier for me to have a costume to hide behind.
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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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A degree on the wall, without labels on your back, is nothing.
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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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People say the truth hurts. Hell no, it hurts even more if you do a whole bunch of foolishness to try and avoid it.
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I think there’s something that happens at 40 where you settle into your own skin and you stop caring what people think – you realize life is a gift from God and you want to live it to the fullest.
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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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Madea’ is a Southern term. It’s short for ‘mother dear.’ So there are a lot of Madeas out there.
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Statistics say that I’m supposed to be in jail. And I’m not supposed to be alive.
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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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Don’t wait for someone to green light your project, build your own intersection.
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He who has the gold makes the rules.
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The important thing for me is, and what I’d like people to know is that, one particular genre does not make it whole. There are many, many different genres and if you ever gave it an opportunity open mindedly, I think you’d find some pretty interesting things there.
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What I’ve learned is you treat women right.
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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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