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 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.
More Queen Latifah Quotes
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I enjoy just being me. I don’t need to be Queen Latifah, the brand, 24 hours a day.
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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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There are different flavours of sexiness.
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I promised my mom that if, after a year of putting 150 percent into my career it didn’t work out, I would go back to school. I never did go back.
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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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Look at people for an example, but then make sure to do things your way. Surround yourself with positive people.
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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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There is no profession more essential than that of an educator, and it’s time for all of us to embrace and celebrate their importance and contribution to America’s children.
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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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There are so many things I’d like to do. Like becoming a parent. To me that is the next natural progression in life.
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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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For me, it might sound cliche, but beauty for me really does start on the inside. It’s like a state of mind, a state of love if you will. Then, whatever you can do on the outside is all like a bonus.
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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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You have to allow your mind to create and then if you want to censor something and bring it down or point it in a different direction, then you can do it.
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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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