I’ve never chased money. It’s always been about what I can do to motivate and inspire people.
TYLER PERRYEver 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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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 thank God for Closed Doors
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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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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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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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Music is always around, and it helps to heighten any emotion.
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People say the truth hurts. Hell no, it hurts even more if you do a whole bunch of foolishness to try and avoid it.
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You can get a thousand no’s from people, and only one “yes” from God.
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A degree on the wall, without labels on your back, is nothing.
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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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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’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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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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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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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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