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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
As a teenager, I had big breasts for my age, and my friends cracked on me a lot.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Age Appearance Body Myself Teen
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.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Mother Myself Promise Time
When you’re rapping, you do have to perform to a certain degree, but not every rapper is necessarily a gifted actor.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Actor Gift Necessary Performance Yourself
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.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Adventure Chance Home Life Myself
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
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.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Day Death Live Move Stop Thinking Yourself
Let your inner queen’s voice come through loud and clear. Be strong, be authentic, be you, and you’ll do her proud.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Clear Loud Proud Queen Voice Yourself
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
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
Be bold, be brave enough to be your true self.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Bold Brave True Yourself
There is nothing like a person with confidence, male or female, not conceitedness, but confidence. That inspires other people.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Confidence Inspirational People Person
Dreams become reality when we put our minds to it.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Dreams Inspirational Mindset Reality Yourself
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.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Myself Run Time Version Worry
To step into acting was not that difficult a transition to make. What was difficult was the work and the practice that went into becoming good at it, because I hadn’t had any training.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Act Difficult Myself Training Transition
Business is fun. Controlling your own destiny is fun. Creating an idea and turning it into a movie; finding an artist and guiding their career and bringing them to some type of status – there’s joy in that.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Artist Business Creation Destiny Guide Movie Myself Status

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