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.
QUEEN LATIFAHI really don’t know how to be anyone else, and whenever I try to be anyone else, I fail miserably. Or I disappoint myself. It doesn’t build my self-esteem, and it doesn’t help me grow me at all.
More Queen Latifah Quotes
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I learned you really do have to make sure you enjoy life.
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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.
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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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I decided early on that I was going to put on my crown and rule my world by acting right and treating myself like a queen.
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You do silly things for love sometimes and not-so-smart things for love.
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You can huff and puff. But blow me down? I doubt it kid, or you get your ass whupped.
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I have always felt strongly about empowering women. I’m living proof that, with confidence and by believing in yourself, you can accomplish any goal.
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Always follow your own path.
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I don’t want to be a supermodel; I want to be a role model.
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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 didn’t know I had it in me. There’s more to all of us than we realize. Life is so much bigger, grander, higher, and wider than we allow ourselves to think. We’re capable of so much more than we allow ourselves to believe.
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Every woman is a queen, and we all have different things to offer.
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There are so many things I’d like to do. Like becoming a parent. To me that is the next natural progression in life.
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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 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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