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

Queen Latifah

Let your inner queen’s voice come through loud and clear. Be strong, be authentic, be you, and you’ll do her proud.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Clear Loud Proud Queen Voice Yourself
I have always felt strongly about empowering women. I’m living proof that, with confidence and by believing in yourself, you can accomplish any goal.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Accomplishment Confidence Empowerment Feeling Goal Live Myself Woman
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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Act Difficult Myself Training Transition
instinct leads me to another flow.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Flow Leadership Myself
You have to stand for what you believe in and sometimes you have to stand alone.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Believe Stand Time Yourself
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.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Children Education Embrace Ourselves Professional
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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Break Home Music Myself Writing
I do feel like I have a direct connection with God for some reason; always have since I was a little kid – I would talk to God, talk to the sky.
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Connection Direction Reason Sky Talk
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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Decision Experience Human Learning Myself Perfection Regret
Beauty is not just a white girl. It’s so many different flavors and shades.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Appearance Beautiful Flavor Self Love Shade
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.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Disappointment Failure Growth Help Miserable Myself
To me, doing a gay pride show is one of the most fun things. My first show that paid more than $10,000 was in a gay club on New Year’s Eve in San Francisco.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Myself Pay Pride
I 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.
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Mother Myself Promise Time
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

Regret Serious Talk Yourself
I’m as involved as I can be. Whenever I’m asked to do something, I always tend to show up.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Involve Myself
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

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