Tyler Perry Quotes - Page 4

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• Statistics say that I'm supposed to be in jail. And I'm not supposed to be alive.

  Tyler Perry

  Jail, Alive, Statistics

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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.

  Tyler Perry

  Growing Up, Moving, Important

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• My mother was truly my saving grace, because she would take me to church with her. I would see my mother smiling in the choir, and I wanted to know this God that made her so happy. If I had not had that faith in my life, I don't know where I would be right now.

  Tyler Perry

  Mother, Church Choir, Grace

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• I know my audience, and they're not people that the studios know anything about.

  Tyler Perry

  People, Audience, Studios

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• You put some Vaseline under your eyes at night and under your chin, and you put a little bit on your chest and you'll avoid stretch marks and I'll get you some Vaseline, you can change your oil and fry chicken with it, too, but you best make sure you have something.

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  Eye, Night, Oil

  "Tyler Perry, Taking Madea from Stage to Page". "Talk of the Nation" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. April 12, 2006.

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• I'm always on to something else. It's like, I'm sitting here now jotting down notes for something that's in my head. There's always something going on in my head, and I have to just keep executing.

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  Sitting, Notes, Executing

  "Tyler Perry, Taking Madea from Stage to Page". "Talk of the Nation" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. April 12, 2006.

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• A degree on the wall, without labels on your back, is nothing.

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  Wall, Degrees, Labels

  "Fictional character: Ava". "Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor", www.imdb.com. 2013.

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• We don't have to wait for people to green light our projects, we can create our own intersections.

  Tyler Perry

  Light, People, Waiting

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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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  Tv Shows, Trying, Fans

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• I put a thong on a few months ago trying to be sexy. I've been looking for it but ain't seen it since.

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  Sexy, Trying, Months

  Tyler Perry (2007). “Don't Make a Black Woman Take Off Her Earrings: Madea's Uninhibited Commentaries on Love and Life”, p.49, Penguin

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• As far as the illusion of the fame, yes, I can definitely appreciate it.

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  Yes I Can, Appreciate, Illusion

  "Tyler Perry, Taking Madea from Stage to Page". "Talk of the Nation" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. April 12, 2006.

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• What do you spend $200 million on, with a film? I can't wrap my brain around that one.

  Tyler Perry

  Brain, Film, Wraps

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• 'Madea' is a Southern term. It's short for 'mother dear.' So there are a lot of Madeas out there.

  Tyler Perry

  Mother, Southern, Term

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• I get a lot of flack from critics that my comedies are all over the place, my dramas are all over the place, they're schizophrenic - as if I don't know that!

  Tyler Perry

  Drama, Comedy, Critics

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• There were only 3 people that I wanted to meet in life, Nelson Mandela was one of them. What a life, what a journey, what a man. Thank you for passing this way! God bless your resting soul!

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  Journey, Men, People

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• I'm not afraid to have a character say, 'I am a Christian,' or, 'I believe in God,' because I think they represent real people on this Earth.

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  Christian, Real, Believe

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• It's always been easier for me to have a costume to hide behind.

  Tyler Perry

  Source: www.lasplash.com

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• What rings true is that everything we grow through in life will work out for our good.

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  Work Out, Grows, Rings

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• I work three months really hard, nonstop, and then I take a month off. Then I do it all over again. I work hard but I give myself four breaks a year.

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  Hard Work, Years, Giving

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• Forgiveness is giving up the hope of what happened to you from being different.

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  Giving Up, Being Different, Happened

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• All my life I've tried to hide my height. I was taller than everybody else and stood out, so I would slouch and try to hide it.

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  Trying, Height

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• What I've never wanted to do was allow myself to be put in a box, so I've tried to do a lot of different things so this is a step in trying to do something different so we'll see how it goes. I'm under no illusions that this is slam-dunk. I did the best I could and that's all I can rely on.

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  Trying, Different, Illusion

  Source: www.lasplash.com

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• Growing up, there was always music around, whether across the street, or on the next-door neighbor's stereo. So, as in life, music is always around, and it helps to heighten any emotion. Music is amazing.

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  Growing Up, Doors, Next

  Source: www.pittsburghurbanmedia.com

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• I am so proud to be from New Orleans and to be one of those people who had been displaced. I wasn't there during that time, but that's where I come from, that kind of poverty, and I'm very, very proud of that because it's given me my history.

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  New Orleans, People, Proud

  "Tyler Perry, Taking Madea from Stage to Page". "Talk of the Nation" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. April 12, 2006.

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• What I've learned is you treat women right.

  Tyler Perry

  I've Learned, Treats, Women Right

  "Meet America's first black movie mogul" by Ed Pilkington, www.theguardian.com. April 2, 2009.

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