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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

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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Involve Myself
I learned you really do have to make sure you enjoy life.
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Enjoyment Learning Life Myself
I never really took any acting classes. I’m just a natural ham, I guess.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Act Myself Natural
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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Carry Woman Yourself
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.
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Artist Business Creation Destiny Guide Movie Myself Status
Always follow your own path.
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Follow Path Yourself
I’m not allowed to get a big head, I’ve still got to do the simple things in life.
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Allow Head Life Myself Simplicity
I don’t care how much money you have, free stuff is always a good thing.
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Care Freedom Goodness Money Myself
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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Decision Management Myself Power
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
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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Children Follow Myself Perfection Shoes
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
You do silly things for love sometimes and not-so-smart things for love.
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Love Smart Time Yourself
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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Act Happiness Help Myself Proud Thinking
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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Citizenship Female Myself People Teaching
Let your inner queen’s voice come through loud and clear. Be strong, be authentic, be you, and you’ll do her proud.
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Clear Loud Proud Queen Voice Yourself
I am a strong woman with or without this other person, with or without this job, and with or without these tight pants.
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Appearance Job Myself Person Strong Woman
I’ve never wanted to be put into a box, not musically.
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Limitation Music Myself
You need to give yourself the time to think freely. I don’t know if that is political. But sometimes things are political because you observe things that are right or that are wrong and you want to speak on them.
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Freedom Politics Right Thinking Time Wrong Yourself
I didn’t know I had it in me. There’s more to all of us than we realize. Life is so much bigger, grander, higher, and wider than we allow ourselves to think. We’re capable of so much more than we allow ourselves to believe.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Capability Life Myself Realization Thinking
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.
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Appearance Design Image Myself Neck Regular
I already enjoy cooking. I like different flavors and putting different things together and really like taking normal recipes to a higher level.
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Different Enjoyment Flavor Myself Recipe Togetherness
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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Help Ourselves People Success Talent
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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Advance Believe Connection People Vision Yourself
Beauty is not just a white girl. It’s so many different flavors and shades.
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Appearance Beautiful Flavor Self Love Shade
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
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

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