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QUEEN LATIFAHI 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.
More Queen Latifah Quotes
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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.
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I don’t want to be a supermodel; I want to be a role model.
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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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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’m as involved as I can be. Whenever I’m asked to do something, I always tend to show up.
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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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We ignore our feelings a lot, I realize. Many of us have to… until they really bite us in the butt.
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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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I don’t care how much money you have, free stuff is always a good thing.
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If you try to follow everyone else’s mold, you’ll probably fail at some point because God created us uniquely for a reason.
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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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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.
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I like Pirate’s Booty. Prunes and olives, too. I love hummus. I can eat that until I die. I tend to eat mostly organic food.
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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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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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