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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.

Tyler Perry

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
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
A mother’s love is stronger than distance, more powerful than time and can transcend the grave.
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Distance Mother Powerful
Music is always around, and it helps to heighten any emotion.
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Emotion Helping Music
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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Broadway Fans People Thinking
I feel like I express myself, as an actor. Whatever the character is put in front of me, I try to bring truth to it, whichever way it lands. I try to bring as much truth to it and make it as believable as I can. I think that’s the job of an actor.
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Character Jobs Thinking
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
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
Oprah is very, very, very special to me. She’s an amazing woman.
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Amazing Special Woman
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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People Sorry Thinking
You can get a thousand no’s from people, and only one “yes” from God.
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God Good People Thousand
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 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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Deep Down Grudge People Real
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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Forgiveness Journey Powerful
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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Choices Integrity Way
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
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
It’s most important that you surround yourself with positivity always, and have it in your mind at all times.
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Important Mind Positivity
If you don’t want my God here, you don’t want me here either. God has been too good to me to go and try to sell out to get some money…
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Good Money Trying Want
I’m not suspicious of success, I’m suspicious of the people who want to attach themselves because of your success.
TYLER PERRY

People Want Suspicious
A degree on the wall, without labels on your back, is nothing.
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Degrees Label Wall
What I’ve learned is you treat women right.
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Learned Treats Women Rights
I’ve always wanted to work with Blair, and finally the timing was right. I have a tremendous amount of respect for him. I think he’s a hugely underrated actor in Hollywood.
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Actors Hollywood Thinking
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
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
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
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

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