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I’ve never chased money. It’s always been about what I can do to motivate and inspire people.

Tyler Perry

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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Earth Life Live might
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
Seeing people laugh definitely inspires me, and so does seeing people get life lessons about living better.
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Laughing Lesson Life People
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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Paper Suppose Trying Writing
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
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
You can get a thousand no’s from people, and only one “yes” from God.
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God Good People Thousand
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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Blessed People Trying
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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Hurt People Trying
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
I look at the stories that Spike Lee tells… Great stories. Great director, great storyteller.
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Directors Looks Stories
A mother’s love is stronger than distance, more powerful than time and can transcend the grave.
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Distance Mother Powerful
Forgiveness is giving up the hope of what happened to you from being different.
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Being Different Giving Happened
What I’ve learned is you treat women right.
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Learned Treats Women Rights
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
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

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