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To me, doing a gay pride show is one of the most fun things. My first show that paid more than $10,000 was in a gay club on New Year’s Eve in San Francisco.

Queen Latifah

I designed my whole image. That was all me. I just bought some regular clothes, threw a medallion around my neck, and that was it. The next thing I know, that’s the look.
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Appearance Design Image Myself Neck Regular
If my brother and I wanted money in our pockets, we had to get jobs – my first was at 15, at Burger King.
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Family Job Myself
To step into acting was not that difficult a transition to make. What was difficult was the work and the practice that went into becoming good at it, because I hadn’t had any training.
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Act Difficult Myself Training Transition
I’ve never wanted to be put into a box, not musically.
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Limitation Music Myself
I enjoy just being me. I don’t need to be Queen Latifah, the brand, 24 hours a day.
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Brand Day Enjoyment Myself Need
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.
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Help Ourselves People Success Talent
I’m not allowed to get a big head, I’ve still got to do the simple things in life.
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Allow Head Life Myself Simplicity
Living for today will bring about dying for today. You can’t just think, ‘I’m going to die anyway,’ because that’s what’s stopping us from moving forward.
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Day Death Live Move Stop Thinking Yourself
There is no profession more essential than that of an educator, and it’s time for all of us to embrace and celebrate their importance and contribution to America’s children.
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Children Education Embrace Ourselves Professional
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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Connection Direction Reason Sky Talk
When I was around 18, I looked in the mirror and said, ‘You’re either going to love yourself or hate yourself.’ And I decided to love myself. That changed a lot of things.
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Choice Hate Love Mirror Yourself
There is nothing like a person with confidence, male or female, not conceitedness, but confidence. That inspires other people.
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Confidence Inspirational People Person
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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Decision Management Myself Power
As a teenager, I had big breasts for my age, and my friends cracked on me a lot.
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Age Appearance Body Myself Teen
You have to allow your mind to create and then if you want to censor something and bring it down or point it in a different direction, then you can do it.
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Creation Different Mindset Yourself
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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Clear Loud Proud Queen Voice Yourself

To me, doing a gay pride show is one of the most fun things. My first show that paid more than $10,000 was in a gay club on New Year’s Eve in San Francisco.

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To me, doing a gay pride show is one of the most fun things. My first show that paid more than $10,000 was in a gay club on New Year’s Eve in San Francisco.

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