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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.

Queen Latifah

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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Freedom Politics Right Thinking Time Wrong Yourself
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.
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Bad Goodness Story Yourself
I learned you really do have to make sure you enjoy life.
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Enjoyment Learning Life Myself
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.
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Choice Hate Love Mirror 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
No one ever got ahead by going through the motions. You have to constantly be improving yourself. Make your life the masterpiece you want it to be.
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Improvement Life Masterpieces Motion Yourself
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
I think as far as the music industry is concerned, it’s kind of been the wild, wild West in a way with the Internet, which is not necessarily a bad thing to me.
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Bad Industry Internet Myself Necessary Thinking
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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Citizenship Female Myself People Teaching
I feel anger and I feel understanding. It’s a difficult position to be in.
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Angry Difficult Feeling Myself Position Understand
I do feel like I have a direct connection with God for some reason; always have since I was a little kid – I would talk to God, talk to the sky.
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Connection Direction Reason Sky Talk
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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Decision Myself Queen Rule Treat World
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
Look at people for an example, but then make sure to do things your way. Surround yourself with positive people.
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Example People Positive Surround Yourself
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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Enjoyment Goodness Myself Time Tough Work
Most people don’t have so much talent that they can become a success all their own. We all need people to help us and lift us up.
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Help Ourselves People Success Talent

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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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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