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.
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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You do silly things for love sometimes and not-so-smart things for love.
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Be bold, be brave enough to be your true self.
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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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You have to stand for what you believe in and sometimes you have to stand alone.
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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!’
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Look at people for an example, but then make sure to do things your way. Surround yourself with positive people.
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Every woman is a queen, and we all have different things to offer.
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I’ve never wanted to be put into a box, not musically.
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I decided early on that I was going to put on my crown and rule my world by acting right and treating myself like a queen.
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I’m not living large; I just want to live comfortably. I wanna have financial stability that is unshakable.
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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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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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I never really took any acting classes. I’m just a natural ham, I guess.
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I feel anger and I feel understanding. It’s a difficult position to be in.
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I’m not allowed to get a big head, I’ve still got to do the simple things in life.
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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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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.
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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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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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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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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.
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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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Dreams become reality when we put our minds to it.
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You can’t let fear paralyze you. The worse that can happen is you fail, but guess what: You get up and try again. Feel that pain, get over it, get up, dust yourself off and keep it moving.
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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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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.
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