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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

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’ve never wanted to be put into a box, not musically.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Limitation Music 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.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Citizenship Female Myself People Teaching
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 LATIFAH

Help Ourselves People Success Talent
I never really took any acting classes. I’m just a natural ham, I guess.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Act Myself Natural
Be bold, be brave enough to be your true self.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Bold Brave True 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.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Bad Goodness Story 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
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.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Freedom Politics Right Thinking Time Wrong Yourself
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 there are kids who want to follow in my footsteps, I’d say that my shoes are too big for them to fill! But their shoe size is just perfect.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Children Follow Myself Perfection Shoes
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
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.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Improvement Life Masterpieces Motion Yourself
I don’t care how much money you have, free stuff is always a good thing.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Care Freedom Goodness Money Myself
Look at people for an example, but then make sure to do things your way. Surround yourself with positive people.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Example People Positive Surround Yourself
I don’t want to be a supermodel; I want to be a role model.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Inspirational Modeling Myself Perspective

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!’

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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!’

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