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.
QUEEN LATIFAHThere 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.
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I promised my mom that if, after a year of putting 150 percent into my career it didn’t work out, I would go back to school. I never did go back.
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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 designed my whole image. That was all me. I just bought some regular clothes, threw a medallion around my neck, and that was it. The next thing I know, that’s the look.
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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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I enjoy going to work and having a good time. It’s tough when you got to work with people who just are in a bad mood all the damn time.
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Life is so much bigger, grander, higher, and wider than we allow ourselves to think.
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A confident woman is a sexy woman, in my opinion. And I think guys find that to be the same way.
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I don’t want to be a supermodel; I want to be a role model.
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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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Even if you don’t have anything, even if you’ve got a quarter in your pocket, to share with someone else who has nothing really helps.
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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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You need to give yourself the time to think freely. I don’t know if that is political. But sometimes things are political because you observe things that are right or that are wrong and you want to speak on them.
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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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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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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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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.
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I learned you really do have to make sure you enjoy life.
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Be bold, be brave enough to be your true self.
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I’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.
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Beauty is not just a white girl. It’s so many different flavors and shades.
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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 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.
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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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It’s not always easy to do the right thing. But, doing the right thing makes you strong, it builds character.
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instinct leads me to another flow.
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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.
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