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 LATIFAHI often find it’s just the confidence that makes you sexy, not what your body looks like. It’s how you feel about yourself that makes you sexy.
More Queen Latifah Quotes
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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 want to be a supermodel; I want to be a role model.
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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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Beauty is not just a white girl. It’s so many different flavors and shades.
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You need to give yourself the time to think freely. I don’t know if that is political. But sometimes things are political because you observe things that are right or that are wrong and you want to speak on them.
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I think it’s important to raise your kids, start ’em early. Teaching them the values and morals, so when they get out there on their own, you know they have it. They just have to remember to use it, but they have it.
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No one ever got ahead by going through the motions. You have to constantly be improving yourself. Make your life the masterpiece you want it to be.
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You do silly things for love sometimes and not-so-smart things for love.
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As a teenager, I had big breasts for my age, and my friends cracked on me a lot.
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So often, you don’t get that opportunity. You only go over everything once and, the next thing you know, you’re on set.
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I learned you really do have to make sure you enjoy 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 already enjoy cooking. I like different flavors and putting different things together and really like taking normal recipes to a higher level.
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Every woman is a queen, and we all have different things to offer.
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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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