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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.

Queen Latifah

I’ve never wanted to be put into a box, not musically.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Limitation Music Myself
We ignore our feelings a lot, I realize. Many of us have to… until they really bite us in the butt.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Betrayal Body Feeling Ignorance Myself
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.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Myself Pay Pride
You have to stand for what you believe in and sometimes you have to stand alone.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Believe Stand Time Yourself
I’m not allowed to get a big head, I’ve still got to do the simple things in life.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Allow Head Life Myself Simplicity
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 LATIFAH

Citizenship Female Myself People Teaching
To wanna be me is to go through not just the good but the bad. You wanna share my story identically? Man, you gonna take some lumps.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Bad Goodness Story Yourself
There is no profession more essential than that of an educator, and it’s time for all of us to embrace and celebrate their importance and contribution to America’s children.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Children Education Embrace Ourselves Professional
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 LATIFAH

Choice Hate Love Mirror Yourself
You 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 LATIFAH

Failure Fear Feeling Move Worst Yourself
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.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Decision Myself Queen Rule Treat World
New Jersey is a great place to live. And we have given some of the best talent to the world, from Jack Nicholson, John Travolta, to Jerry Lewis to Bon Jovi to Frank Sinatra.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Greatness Live Place World
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 LATIFAH

Beautiful Love Mindset Sound Start Yourself
Beauty is not just a white girl. It’s so many different flavors and shades.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Appearance Beautiful Flavor Self Love Shade
Anyone who knows me knows that I’m way more of a joker than I am a serious person.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Myself Person Serious Way
If my brother and I wanted money in our pockets, we had to get jobs – my first was at 15, at Burger King.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Family Job Myself

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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