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.
QUEEN LATIFAHLet your inner queen’s voice come through loud and clear. Be strong, be authentic, be you, and you’ll do her proud.
More Queen Latifah Quotes
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Every woman is a queen, and we all have different things to offer.
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You just have to connect with people who believe in your vision and who will work with you and advance your cause.
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Be bold, be brave enough to be your true self.
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Always follow your own path.
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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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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 don’t want to be a supermodel; I want to be a role model.
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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 am a strong woman with or without this other person, with or without this job, and with or without these tight pants.
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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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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.
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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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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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I don’t care how much money you have, free stuff is always a good thing.
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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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