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.
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.
More Queen Latifah Quotes
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Dreams become reality when we put our minds to it.
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You have to allow your mind to create and then if you want to censor something and bring it down or point it in a different direction, then you can do it.
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I’m as involved as I can be. Whenever I’m asked to do something, I always tend to show up.
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I 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.
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I’m not allowed to get a big head, I’ve still got to do the simple things in life.
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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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If 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 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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I 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.
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We ignore our feelings a lot, I realize. Many of us have to… until they really bite us in the butt.
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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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So often, you don’t get that opportunity. You only go over everything once and, the next thing you know, you’re on set.
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I 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.
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I’ve never wanted to be put into a box, not musically.
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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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