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.
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.
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I try to only commit myself to things that I think I can accomplish and commit myself to 100 percent. I try not to bite off more than I can chew.
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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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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.
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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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I write pretty often. I have a home studio. Music is what I do for fun. I never get tired of it, so to take a break from [TV and movies], I would go make some music.
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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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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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I don’t want to be a supermodel; I want to be a role model.
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I feel anger and I feel understanding. It’s a difficult position to be in.
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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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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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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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Be bold, be brave enough to be your true self.
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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 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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