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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.

Queen Latifah

I made decisions that I regret, and I took them as learning experiences… I’m human, not perfect, like anybody else.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Decision Experience Human Learning Myself Perfection Regret
I don’t want to be a supermodel; I want to be a role model.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Inspirational Modeling Myself Perspective
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 LATIFAH

Accomplishment Confidence Empowerment Feeling Goal Live Myself Woman
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.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Death Eat Love Myself Organic
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.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Children Important Moral Myself Remember Teaching Thinking
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.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Help Myself Poor Share
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.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Accomplishment Commitment Myself Thinking
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.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Conversation Feeling God Myself Prayer
I already enjoy cooking. I like different flavors and putting different things together and really like taking normal recipes to a higher level.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Different Enjoyment Flavor Myself Recipe Togetherness
If you try to follow everyone else’s mold, you’ll probably fail at some point because God created us uniquely for a reason.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Failure God Myself Reason Unique
Life is so much bigger, grander, higher, and wider than we allow ourselves to think.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Allow Big Life Ourselves Thinking Wide
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 not living large; I just want to live comfortably. I wanna have financial stability that is unshakable.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Comfortable Financial Live Myself
I often find it’s just the confidence that makes you sexy, not what your body looks like. It’s how you feel about yourself that makes you sexy.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Appearance Confidence Feeling Yourself
I enjoy just being me. I don’t need to be Queen Latifah, the brand, 24 hours a day.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Brand Day Enjoyment Myself Need
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

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