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!’
QUEEN LATIFAHI’m as involved as I can be. Whenever I’m asked to do something, I always tend to show up.
More Queen Latifah Quotes
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Dreams become reality when we put our minds to it.
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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.
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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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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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There is nothing like a person with confidence, male or female, not conceitedness, but confidence. That inspires other people.
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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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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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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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I made decisions that I regret, and I took them as learning experiences… I’m human, not perfect, like anybody else.
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I’ve never wanted to be put into a box, not musically.
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I have always felt strongly about empowering women. I’m living proof that, with confidence and by believing in yourself, you can accomplish any goal.
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I don’t care how much money you have, free stuff is always a good thing.
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Life is so much bigger, grander, higher, and wider than we allow ourselves to think.
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I learned you really do have to make sure you enjoy life.
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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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When you’re rapping, you do have to perform to a certain degree, but not every rapper is necessarily a gifted actor.
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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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I never really took any acting classes. I’m just a natural ham, I guess.
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instinct leads me to another flow.
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I feel like every woman is a queen, and we should be treated as such, and we should, you know, sort of request that sort of treatment from others.
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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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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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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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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.
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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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Always follow your own path.
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