I enjoy just being me. I don’t need to be Queen Latifah, the brand, 24 hours a day.
QUEEN LATIFAHEven 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 try to only commit myself to things that I think I can accomplish and commit myself to 100 percent. I try not to bite off more than I can chew.
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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.
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New Jersey is a great place to live. And we have given some of the best talent to the world, from Jack Nicholson, John Travolta, to Jerry Lewis to Bon Jovi to Frank Sinatra.
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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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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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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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Every woman is a queen, and we all have different things to offer.
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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 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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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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As a teenager, I had big breasts for my age, and my friends cracked on me a lot.
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Beauty is not just a white girl. It’s so many different flavors and shades.
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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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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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