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?
QUEEN LATIFAHTo 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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When you’re rapping, you do have to perform to a certain degree, but not every rapper is necessarily a gifted actor.
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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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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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There is nothing like a person with confidence, male or female, not conceitedness, but confidence. That inspires other people.
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Life’s not about sitting at home in front of the TV waiting for your life to begin. Get out there and take some chances.
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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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Anyone who knows me knows that I’m way more of a joker than I am a serious person.
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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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Be bold, be brave enough to be your true self.
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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.
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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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I feel anger and I feel understanding. It’s a difficult position to be in.
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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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I learned you really do have to make sure you enjoy life.
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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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