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Madea’ is a Southern term. It’s short for ‘mother dear.’ So there are a lot of Madeas out there.

Tyler Perry

We don’t have to wait for people to green light our projects, we can create our own intersections.
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Light People Waiting
It’s a clear day Sonny, L A N D.
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Clear Day Land
I love to see a woman in high-heeled shoes. There’s something about the curve of the feet up the leg to the butt that’s really, really wonderful, and the right pair of shoes can give you the right silhouette.
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Curve Feet Shoes
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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Biggest Life Take This Successes
Statistics say that I’m supposed to be in jail. And I’m not supposed to be alive.
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Alive Jail Statistics
I think every one of us, in life, have some sort of moment that has happened that we wish we could have done differently or that we wish could have had a different outcome.
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Different Thinking Wish
What do you spend $200 million on, with a film? I can’t wrap my brain around that one.
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Brain Film Wraps
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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Earth Life Live might
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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People Want Suspicious
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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Boys New Orleans Swimming
The most important thing that I learned in growing up is that forgiveness is something that, when you do it, you free yourself to move on.
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Growing Important Moving Up
What I have learned in this life is you can never be ashamed of where you come from.
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Come God Learned
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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Opportunity People Thinking
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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Jobs Keys Summer
What excites me? Had you asked me that question a few years ago, the answer would’ve rolled right off my tongue. Today, I think it’s moving and uplifting my audience. Having them get it and go with it. That excites me.
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Moving Thinking Uplifting
Everyone can relate to love, hurt, pain, learning how to forgive, needing to get over, needing the power of God in their life.
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Hurt Learn Love Needing Pain
There’s a huge demand for my entertainment, and I can’t meet the need. So I decided to try a TV show to reach as many of my fans as possible.
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Fans Shows Television Trying
Forgiveness is giving up the hope of what happened to you from being different.
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Being Different Giving Happened
If you’ve ever watched anything that I do, and you completely give it a chance and take the blinders off, and you’ll understand that the underlying theme of everything I’ve done has been about forgiveness, learning to move on.
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Done Giving Moving
Ever since I’ve been blessed with success, I’ve struggled a little with anonymity and even family. I’ve had people calling asking for money, and I have to ask them first, ‘Are you working? Have you been trying to help yourself?’ Then I feel like I can help.
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Blessed People Trying
…when you put on your shortest dress, please leave some mystery in it. That’s the difference between a miniskirt and a ho-skirt. A ho-skirt shows your Frisbee. A miniskirt shows just enough to cause some mystery. What these young women lack is mystery.
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Causes Differences Dresses
I thank God for Closed Doors
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Closed Doors Doors God Thank
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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Drag People Uniforms
Don’t wait for someone to green light your project, build your own intersection.
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Dope Light Waiting
I don’t think the dreams die – I think that people give up. I think it gets too hard.
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Dream Give Up Thinking
Don’t stop. Narrow your focus to one idea, and make it work. That will give birth to all of the others. All you can do is plant the seed and water it.
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Giving Ideas Water
I think that people think when you have money that your problems go away and everything’s solved, and it’s great and wonderful. You’re a perfect human being.
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Human People Perfect Thinking

Madea’ is a Southern term. It’s short for ‘mother dear.’ So there are a lot of Madeas out there.

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