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I thank God for Closed Doors

Tyler Perry

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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Caring 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
I live my life outside of the box because when I die they’re going to put me into one!
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Boxes Life Living Outside
I’ve never chased money. It’s always been about what I can do to motivate and inspire people.
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Inspiration Inspire People
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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Happiness Life Rest Safe
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 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
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
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
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
Forgiveness is giving up the hope of what happened to you from being different.
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Being Different Giving Happened
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
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
Oprah is very, very, very special to me. She’s an amazing woman.
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Amazing Special Woman
A degree on the wall, without labels on your back, is nothing.
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Degrees Label Wall
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

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