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 LATIFAHI don’t want to be a supermodel; I want to be a role model.
More Queen Latifah Quotes
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If my brother and I wanted money in our pockets, we had to get jobs – my first was at 15, at Burger King.
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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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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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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.
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When I want to push myself and do intense workouts, I do that, but I’m not going to do it because anybody thinks I should look a certain way. It’s really more about how I feel and about being healthy.
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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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I enjoy just being me. I don’t need to be Queen Latifah, the brand, 24 hours a day.
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I like Pirate’s Booty. Prunes and olives, too. I love hummus. I can eat that until I die. I tend to eat mostly organic food.
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I learned you really do have to make sure you enjoy life.
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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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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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I made decisions that I regret, and I took them as learning experiences… I’m human, not perfect, like anybody else.
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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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I don’t care how much money you have, free stuff is always a good thing.
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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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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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A confident woman is a sexy woman, in my opinion. And I think guys find that to be the same way.
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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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I try to only commit myself to things that I think I can accomplish and commit myself to 100 percent. I try not to bite off more than I can chew.
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Look at people for an example, but then make sure to do things your way. Surround yourself with positive people.
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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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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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You can huff and puff. But blow me down? I doubt it kid, or you get your ass whupped.
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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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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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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.
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