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.
QUEEN LATIFAHIt’s not always easy to do the right thing. But, doing the right thing makes you strong, it builds character.
More Queen Latifah Quotes
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I’m not living large; I just want to live comfortably. I wanna have financial stability that is unshakable.
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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 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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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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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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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.
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I feel anger and I feel understanding. It’s a difficult position to be in.
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We ignore our feelings a lot, I realize. Many of us have to… until they really bite us in the butt.
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Don’t you want to know what’s real and what’s not? I remember when I was a kid, you know, this whole Cold War thing. They had us scared of the Russians. So, it’s almost like, what’s real and what’s not?
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I learned you really do have to make sure you enjoy life.
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There is nothing like a person with confidence, male or female, not conceitedness, but confidence. That inspires other people.
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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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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.
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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.
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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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