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 LATIFAHWhen 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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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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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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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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Anyone who knows me knows that I’m way more of a joker than I am a serious person.
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You just have to connect with people who believe in your vision and who will work with you and advance your cause.
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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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I learned you really do have to make sure you enjoy life.
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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.
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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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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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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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You can huff and puff. But blow me down? I doubt it kid, or you get your ass whupped.
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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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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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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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You have to stand for what you believe in and sometimes you have to stand alone.
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I often find it’s just the confidence that makes you sexy, not what your body looks like. It’s how you feel about yourself that makes you sexy.
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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 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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Let your inner queen’s voice come through loud and clear. Be strong, be authentic, be you, and you’ll do her proud.
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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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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’m as involved as I can be. Whenever I’m asked to do something, I always tend to show up.
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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.
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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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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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