We ignore our feelings a lot, I realize. Many of us have to… until they really bite us in the butt.
QUEEN LATIFAHIf my brother and I wanted money in our pockets, we had to get jobs – my first was at 15, at Burger King.
More Queen Latifah Quotes
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If I ran into a 19-year-old version of myself, I’d just tell her to live, full out. I might also tell her to go ahead and have a few babies and not worry about the timing of it.
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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.
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I promised my mom that if, after a year of putting 150 percent into my career it didn’t work out, I would go back to school. I never did go back.
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To wanna be me is to go through not just the good but the bad. You wanna share my story identically? Man, you gonna take some lumps.
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I don’t care how much money you have, free stuff is always a good thing.
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I do feel like I have a direct connection with God for some reason; always have since I was a little kid – I would talk to God, talk to the sky.
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I’m not allowed to get a big head, I’ve still got to do the simple things in life.
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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!’
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I like Pirate’s Booty. Prunes and olives, too. I love hummus. I can eat that until I die. I tend to eat mostly organic food.
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I didn’t know I had it in me. There’s more to all of us than we realize. Life is so much bigger, grander, higher, and wider than we allow ourselves to think. We’re capable of so much more than we allow ourselves to believe.
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If you try to follow everyone else’s mold, you’ll probably fail at some point because God created us uniquely for a reason.
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I don’t want to be a supermodel; I want to be a role model.
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Don’t you want to know what’s real and what’s not? I remember when I was a kid, you know, this whole Cold War thing. They had us scared of the Russians. So, it’s almost like, what’s real and what’s not?
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There are so many things I’d like to do. Like becoming a parent. To me that is the next natural progression in life.
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A confident woman is a sexy woman, in my opinion. And I think guys find that to be the same way.
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I never wanted to give up my power. I wanted to be able to make my own decisions, so that’s why I became involved in management, bottom line.
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I’ve never wanted to be put into a box, not musically.
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Let your inner queen’s voice come through loud and clear. Be strong, be authentic, be you, and you’ll do her proud.
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Look at people for an example, but then make sure to do things your way. Surround yourself with positive people.
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Life is so much bigger, grander, higher, and wider than we allow ourselves to think.
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Every woman is a queen, and we all have different things to offer.
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Sometimes I pray when I really feel like I need God to help me with something, and sometimes we just have conversations. We just kick it.
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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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There is nothing like a person with confidence, male or female, not conceitedness, but confidence. That inspires other people.
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It’s not always easy to do the right thing. But, doing the right thing makes you strong, it builds character.
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When I want to push myself and do intense workouts, I do that, but I’m not going to do it because anybody thinks I should look a certain way. It’s really more about how I feel and about being healthy.
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