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.
QUEEN LATIFAHI never wanted to give up my power. I wanted to be able to make my own decisions, so that’s why I became involved in management, bottom line.
More Queen Latifah Quotes
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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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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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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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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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Anyone who knows me knows that I’m way more of a joker than I am a serious person.
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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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Dreams become reality when we put our minds to it.
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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 never really took any acting classes. I’m just a natural ham, I guess.
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I think it’s important to raise your kids, start ’em early. Teaching them the values and morals, so when they get out there on their own, you know they have it. They just have to remember to use it, but they have it.
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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’m as involved as I can be. Whenever I’m asked to do something, I always tend to show up.
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There are different flavours of sexiness.
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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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I don’t want to be a supermodel; I want to be a role model.
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