People say the truth hurts. Hell no, it hurts even more if you do a whole bunch of foolishness to try and avoid it.
TYLER PERRYDeveloping 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.
More Tyler Perry Quotes
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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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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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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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Don’t wait for someone to green light your project, build your own intersection.
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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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Forgiveness is giving up the hope of what happened to you from being different.
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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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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 got 27 people livin in my head and all of them was about to beat the heck out of you for doin that.
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We don’t have to wait for people to green light our projects, we can create our own intersections.
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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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Music is always around, and it helps to heighten any emotion.
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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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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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Oprah is very, very, very special to me. She’s an amazing woman.
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