For me, it might sound cliche, but beauty for me really does start on the inside. It’s like a state of mind, a state of love if you will. Then, whatever you can do on the outside is all like a bonus.
QUEEN LATIFAHFor me, it might sound cliche, but beauty for me really does start on the inside. It’s like a state of mind, a state of love if you will. Then, whatever you can do on the outside is all like a bonus.
QUEEN LATIFAHYou can’t let fear paralyze you. The worse that can happen is you fail, but guess what: You get up and try again. Feel that pain, get over it, get up, dust yourself off and keep it moving.
QUEEN LATIFAHI learned you really do have to make sure you enjoy life.
QUEEN LATIFAHI’m proud of everything I do, but I think I’m the most happy about becoming a rapper. It was my entrance into everything. That helped me get into acting.
QUEEN LATIFAHWhen you’re rapping, you do have to perform to a certain degree, but not every rapper is necessarily a gifted actor.
QUEEN LATIFAHI feel like every woman is a queen, and we should be treated as such, and we should, you know, sort of request that sort of treatment from others.
QUEEN LATIFAHWhen 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.
QUEEN LATIFAHMost 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.
QUEEN LATIFAHLet your inner queen’s voice come through loud and clear. Be strong, be authentic, be you, and you’ll do her proud.
QUEEN LATIFAHLiving 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.
QUEEN LATIFAHI 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.
QUEEN LATIFAHI 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.
QUEEN LATIFAHI 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!’
QUEEN LATIFAHIf 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.
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.
QUEEN LATIFAHI’m not allowed to get a big head, I’ve still got to do the simple things in life.
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