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.
QUEEN LATIFAHI am a strong woman with or without this other person, with or without this job, and with or without these tight pants.
More Queen Latifah Quotes
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I’ve never wanted to be put into a box, not musically.
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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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If my brother and I wanted money in our pockets, we had to get jobs – my first was at 15, at Burger King.
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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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Be bold, be brave enough to be your true self.
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I think as far as the music industry is concerned, it’s kind of been the wild, wild West in a way with the Internet, which is not necessarily a bad thing to me.
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You do silly things for love sometimes and not-so-smart things for love.
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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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There is nothing like a person with confidence, male or female, not conceitedness, but confidence. That inspires other people.
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I learned you really do have to make sure you enjoy life.
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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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Anyone who knows me knows that I’m way more of a joker than I am a serious person.
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There are different flavours of sexiness.
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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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Dreams become reality when we put our minds to it.
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