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

Queen Latifah

No one ever got ahead by going through the motions. You have to constantly be improving yourself. Make your life the masterpiece you want it to be.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Improvement Life Masterpieces Motion Yourself
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.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Myself Run Time Version Worry
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.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Adventure Chance Home Life Myself
I designed my whole image. That was all me. I just bought some regular clothes, threw a medallion around my neck, and that was it. The next thing I know, that’s the look.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Appearance Design Image Myself Neck Regular
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’m not allowed to get a big head, I’ve still got to do the simple things in life.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Allow Head Life Myself Simplicity
I 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.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Decision Management Myself Power
I don’t want to be a supermodel; I want to be a role model.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Inspirational Modeling Myself Perspective
When you’re rapping, you do have to perform to a certain degree, but not every rapper is necessarily a gifted actor.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Actor Gift Necessary Performance Yourself
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.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Help Ourselves People Success Talent
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.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Act Happiness Help Myself Proud Thinking
Anyone who knows me knows that I’m way more of a joker than I am a serious person.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Myself Person Serious Way
There are different flavours of sexiness.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Appearance Different Feeling
I feel anger and I feel understanding. It’s a difficult position to be in.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Angry Difficult Feeling Myself Position Understand
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.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Citizenship Female Myself People Teaching
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 LATIFAH

Artist Business Creation Destiny Guide Movie Myself Status

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