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" I definitely do not like Halloween. I don't like masks, creepy clowns, dark things, goblins or witches. They're not just my thing. "
Tyler Perry
Halloween
Clowns
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" I think it's important to show a husband and a wife together, in a room, raising children, because you don't see that anymore. "
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" I know my audience, and they're not people that the studios know anything about. "
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" I have very simple tastes. An ex-girlfriend used to tell me I have the palate of a kid because there are only five or six foods that I love. And if you rotate them on a regular basis, that's all I need to eat - like arugula, spinach, and grilled chicken. "
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" Macaroni and cheese was my mother's special dish. She'd also make jambalaya and dirty rice and bake a ham that would be incredible. And greens. But if you were looking for vegetables and healthy things, there weren't a lot of those. "
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" People see truth in my films. That's what they react to, and that's what they relate to. "
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" After Obama became president, I realized that black people could not have put him in the White House - it had to be a collective effort of everybody in the country. "
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" There's this great thing called the 'Chitlin' Circuit,' which I started my shows on and back in the day when, you know, Ray Charles and Billie Holiday and Duke Ellington, they couldn't get into white establishments, so they went on this circuit and toured. They were huge stars in their own community, you know, and that's pretty much my same story. "
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" I feel like I died as a child. "
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" There are a lot of people who have dreams, goals, and hopes, but there aren't a lot who get to see them realized. "
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" I love a good breakfast - grits and eggs, French toast, turkey bacon. My grandmother on my father's side used to make tea cakes, and her breakfasts were unbelievable. There was fresh ham, and she would go out to the yard to get fresh eggs. She lived in rural Louisiana, and we'd spend summers with her. "
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" You don't try to do anything that Morgan Freeman does. He was the voice of God in a movie. That's Morgan Freeman! "
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You
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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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" It takes a week to do a sitcom in Hollywood. I do a show a day in my studio, three or four shows a week. "
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Four
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" I am an architect at heart. I designed every home I've ever had, plus my studio. "
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Heart
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" Did you know you can't say 'Jesus' in a sitcom? They told me that, and I was like, You gotta be kiddin' me. If you don't want my God here, you don't want me here either. "
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" In order to have the success with 'Empire,' you have to have Fox; you have to have huge P&A. You have to have huge budgets for the show. I'm pretty confident that the budget of 'Empire' is six times what I'm spending on 'Have And Have Nots.' "
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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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" Seven years after my mother's passing, I still reach for the phone for a split second to call her. We spoke every day. "
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" I had one request when I started doing the plays. My prayer was, 'God, let me do well enough to be able to take care of my mother.' I was able to do that 'til the day she died because of my audience. "
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" I've been trying to learn to ski for years, but there's something about being 6-foot-5 and falling that's not appealing. "
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" I look at the stories that Spike Lee tells... Great stories. Great director, great storyteller. "
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" I've been doing television with TBS for quite some time, and it's been a great journey. "
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" The Bible says that all things work together for the good of those who love the Lord and are called according to his purpose. I believe that. Because I've seen it all work. "
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Good
" Happiness for me is totally just being at peace knowing that, everything I'm doing, God is pleased with that. It's complete peace for me. "
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" I want to own a network. I want to own a network where you can turn it on with your family all day long and get positive reinforcement. "
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" Children love their mothers. Especially with a boy child and his mother, there's a bond that's unbreakable. "
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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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" As a member of the Feeding America Entertainment Council, I recognize our mission to spread the word and rally the country in the fight to end hunger. "
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" What I've learned is you treat women right. "
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