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I was taught from a young age that many people would treat me as a second-class citizen because I was African-American and because I was female.

Queen Latifah

To me, I always felt like I was carrying a torch for women of any size to be themselves – it doesn’t matter whether you’re a size 2 or a 22, just be who you are.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Carry Woman Yourself
So often, you don’t get that opportunity. You only go over everything once and, the next thing you know, you’re on set.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Chance Opportunity Yourself
Look at people for an example, but then make sure to do things your way. Surround yourself with positive people.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Example People Positive Surround Yourself
Most people don’t have so much talent that they can become a success all their own. We all need people to help us and lift us up.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Help Ourselves People Success Talent
Let your inner queen’s voice come through loud and clear. Be strong, be authentic, be you, and you’ll do her proud.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Clear Loud Proud Queen Voice Yourself
I made decisions that I regret, and I took them as learning experiences… I’m human, not perfect, like anybody else.
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Decision Experience Human Learning Myself Perfection Regret
I enjoy just being me. I don’t need to be Queen Latifah, the brand, 24 hours a day.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Brand Day Enjoyment Myself Need
I never really took any acting classes. I’m just a natural ham, I guess.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Act Myself Natural
As a teenager, I had big breasts for my age, and my friends cracked on me a lot.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Age Appearance Body Myself Teen
I don’t have any regrets. If I could have talked to my 19- or 20-year-old self, I would have said, ‘You’re going to be fine. It ain’t that serious!’
QUEEN LATIFAH

Regret Serious Talk Yourself
If there are kids who want to follow in my footsteps, I’d say that my shoes are too big for them to fill! But their shoe size is just perfect.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Children Follow Myself Perfection Shoes
I was taught from a young age that many people would treat me as a second-class citizen because I was African-American and because I was female.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Citizenship Female Myself People Teaching
For me, it might sound cliche, but beauty for me really does start on the inside. It’s like a state of mind, a state of love if you will. Then, whatever you can do on the outside is all like a bonus.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Beautiful Love Mindset Sound Start Yourself
Business is fun. Controlling your own destiny is fun. Creating an idea and turning it into a movie; finding an artist and guiding their career and bringing them to some type of status – there’s joy in that.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Artist Business Creation Destiny Guide Movie Myself Status
If you try to follow everyone else’s mold, you’ll probably fail at some point because God created us uniquely for a reason.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Failure God Myself Reason Unique
When you’re rapping, you do have to perform to a certain degree, but not every rapper is necessarily a gifted actor.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Actor Gift Necessary Performance Yourself

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