What I have learned in this life is you can never be ashamed of where you come from.
TYLER PERRYThe 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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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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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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Don’t wait for someone to green light your project, build your own intersection.
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I’ve never chased money. It’s always been about what I can do to motivate and inspire people.
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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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It’s not an easy journey, to get to a place where you forgive people. But it is such a powerful place, because it frees you.
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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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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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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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I thank God for Closed Doors
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Oprah is very, very, very special to me. She’s an amazing woman.
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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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There’s nothing like real forgiveness, a deep-down forgiveness where you don’t hold any grudges against people. I forgave for the things they didn’t know and for the things they didn’t know to do.
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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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It’s always been easier for me to have a costume to hide behind.
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What I’ve learned is you treat women right.
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He who has the gold makes the rules.
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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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Music is always around, and it helps to heighten any emotion.
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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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Forgiveness is giving up the hope of what happened to you from being different.
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A degree on the wall, without labels on your back, is nothing.
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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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Statistics say that I’m supposed to be in jail. And I’m not supposed to be alive.
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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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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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