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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

You have to stand for what you believe in and sometimes you have to stand alone.
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Believe Stand Time Yourself
I already enjoy cooking. I like different flavors and putting different things together and really like taking normal recipes to a higher level.
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Different Enjoyment Flavor Myself Recipe Togetherness
There is nothing like a person with confidence, male or female, not conceitedness, but confidence. That inspires other people.
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Confidence Inspirational People Person
If you try to follow everyone else’s mold, you’ll probably fail at some point because God created us uniquely for a reason.
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Failure God Myself Reason Unique
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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Creation Different Mindset Yourself
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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Build Character Easy Myself Right Strong
I’m not allowed to get a big head, I’ve still got to do the simple things in life.
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Allow Head Life Myself Simplicity
I don’t want to be a supermodel; I want to be a role model.
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Inspirational Modeling Myself Perspective
I learned you really do have to make sure you enjoy life.
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Enjoyment Learning Life Myself
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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Act Happiness Help Myself Proud 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.
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Conversation Feeling God Myself Prayer
Every woman is a queen, and we all have different things to offer.
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Different Myself Offering Woman Women Empowerment
Anyone who knows me knows that I’m way more of a joker than I am a serious person.
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Myself Person Serious Way
I write pretty often. I have a home studio. Music is what I do for fun. I never get tired of it, so to take a break from [TV and movies], I would go make some music.
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Break Home Music Myself Writing
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.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Carry Woman 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
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.
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Children Education Embrace Ourselves Professional
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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Feeling Myself Queen Treatment Woman
I don’t have any regrets. If I could have talked to my 19- or 20-year-old self, I would have said, ‘You’re going to be fine. It ain’t that serious!’
QUEEN LATIFAH

Regret Serious Talk Yourself
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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Greatness Live Place World
You do silly things for love sometimes and not-so-smart things for love.
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Love Smart Time Yourself
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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Beautiful Love Mindset Sound Start Yourself
I’ve never wanted to be put into a box, not musically.
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Limitation Music Myself
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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Help Myself Poor Share
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.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Enjoyment Goodness Myself Time Tough Work
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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Chance Opportunity Yourself
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.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Disappointment Failure Growth Help Miserable Myself

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.

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