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.
QUEEN LATIFAHI promised my mom that if, after a year of putting 150 percent into my career it didn’t work out, I would go back to school. I never did go back.
More Queen Latifah Quotes
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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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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.
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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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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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You can huff and puff. But blow me down? I doubt it kid, or you get your ass whupped.
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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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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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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 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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Every woman is a queen, and we all have different things to offer.
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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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I never really took any acting classes. I’m just a natural ham, I guess.
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I am a strong woman with or without this other person, with or without this job, and with or without these tight pants.
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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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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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