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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.
Queen Latifah Quotes: I try to only commit
My mom has always been my champion. She was very smart and grounded. She said, 'Save your money. Pay your taxes. Don't put everything in one basket,' but she let me explore and be creative.
Queen Latifah Quotes: My mom has always been
Having Black hair is unique in that Black women change up styles a lot. You can walk down one street block in New York City and see 10 different hairstyles that Black women are wearing: straight curls, short cuts, braids - we really run the gamut.
Queen Latifah Quotes: Having Black hair is unique
Look at people for an example, but then make sure to do things your way. Surround yourself with positive people.
Queen Latifah Quotes: Look at people for an
When you have a family as big as mine, there are many things that affect my family members, in many different ways. It could be high blood pressure, it could be cholesterol, it could be obesity, it could be sleep deprivation or sleep apnea. An illness is an illness, especially if it affects younger kids. Illnesses affect your family and they impact you because you want to do the best you can to help your family member become more healthy, just as my family members want me to be healthy.
Queen Latifah Quotes: When you have a family
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 Quotes: Sometimes I pray when I
I have to be realistic about what I can and can't do. So whatever I do has to really be worth it. I like to master the things I do.
Queen Latifah Quotes: I have to be realistic
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.
Queen Latifah Quotes: I write pretty often. I
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.
Queen Latifah Quotes: For me, it might sound
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.
Queen Latifah Quotes: To me, I always felt
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.
Queen Latifah Quotes: I was taught from a
When we understand that we are a human race, what affects you affects me, what affects her affects you and so on and so on, then we'll look at this thing [HIV/AIDS] for what it really is. It's a disease that's out to kill all of us. What will make it continue is our prejudices, our ideas about it, and the fact that we don't look at ourselves as one giant community.
Queen Latifah Quotes: When we understand that we
I want to have and adopt. I always have; ever since I was 18, I wanted a baby, and I wanted to have and adopt because there are a lot of kids. I want to adopt an American baby though, you know what I mean, no offense. Just because there are so many kids here that need our help.
Queen Latifah Quotes: I want to have and
If you can draw something from my life that helps, more power to you.
Queen Latifah Quotes: If you can draw something
I made decisions that I regret, and I took them as learning experiences ... I'm human, not perfect, like anybody else.
Queen Latifah Quotes: I made decisions that I
The more you push the budgets up, the more you make records cost $20, the more you make records last 4 and 5 minutes on the radio.
Queen Latifah Quotes: The more you push the
Award shows, like the Grammys, were tough on us early in hip-hop, not even televising our categories or splitting them up on best male or female or any of that. We had to earn them.
Queen Latifah Quotes: Award shows, like the Grammys,
I'm cool with myself. If I can't have the body of Angie Bassett, so be it.
Queen Latifah Quotes: I'm cool with myself. If
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.
Queen Latifah Quotes: I feel like every woman
I would like - either as an actor, or producer or even director - to do something sci-fi or action-related. I like sci-fi, always have, 'Star Trek' and 'Star Wars' and all that stuff.
Queen Latifah Quotes: I would like - either
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.
Queen Latifah Quotes: Most people don't have so
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.
Queen Latifah Quotes: I'm proud of everything I
There's no way I can represent for everyone. I can't represent for all women or all big women or all black women. It's important for people not to make celebrities their source of who they should be in life. I can't take on the pressure of being perfect. Nobody is.
Queen Latifah Quotes: There's no way I can
Running for office was definitely something I've thought about. When I was younger, I wanted to major in political science. And I've been engaged in current events since I was a kid. If I can make a difference and feel passionately and capable, then I would. Why not?
Queen Latifah Quotes: Running for office was definitely
I feel strongly that women who look like me should feel great. So I am not changing.
Queen Latifah Quotes: I feel strongly that women
I have great family and friends that do not treat me like Queen Latifah. We've all grown with this thing, they have sacrificed part of there anonymity; they've had to deal with rumors and things in the paper and they've had to take this ride along with me and they've taken it and we've had a good time.
Queen Latifah Quotes: I have great family and
My house borders horse farms, and I can look out my window and see the horses and the new colts. It's really peaceful.
Queen Latifah Quotes: My house borders horse farms,
I believe that the kids, young people should have an opportunity to have Oscar nominated actors in their movies too.
Queen Latifah Quotes: I believe that the kids,
I know a lot of people who really aren't beautiful because their attitudes are very nasty ... Whether I make the 50 most beautiful list or not, I'm always going to feel like I'm number one most beautiful to myself ... I get that from my mom, and my daddy and my friends who raised me.
Queen Latifah Quotes: I know a lot of
I lost relatives to AIDS. A couple of my closest cousins, favorite cousins. I lost friends to AIDS, high school friends who never even made it to their 21st birthdays in the '80s. When it's that close to you, you can't - you know, you can't really deny it, and you can't run from it.
Queen Latifah Quotes: I lost relatives to AIDS.
God has always been in my life and his little voice in me that lets me know when I'm falling a little too far left or right, up or down. I know because there is a little voice that starts saying 'Dana, what are you doing? You need to slow down with that.' So God will do this to me in some sort of way or something bad will happen to me.
Queen Latifah Quotes: God has always been in
To wanna be me is to go through not just the good but the bad. You wanna share my story identically? Man, you gonna take some lumps.
Queen Latifah Quotes: To wanna be me is
Putting on your crown is really like accepting the fact that you are a queen. You're a great woman. Wherever you are in life, just keep on that path, and so for me, sometimes as women, we forget - we forget that about ourselves. So, putting on your crown is sort of reminding yourself that, hey, I'm a queen, and I can do what I want in this life and take it.
Queen Latifah Quotes: Putting on your crown is
I tend to share whatever I know in general. I've never been a person to horde information for the sake of my own skin, you know what I mean? Not share so somebody doesn't take your job, I've never had that kind of insecurity. I also had a management company, too, so we were always one of those companies that shared information with our artists. Whatever they wanted to know, as much as they wanted to know, they could know.
Queen Latifah Quotes: I tend to share whatever
Once you realize there is a Higher Power, you know you're not alone, that you have a purpose on the planet. You control your destiny instead of letting the day lead you where it may. You seize it, take it and lead it.
Queen Latifah Quotes: Once you realize there is
I have a drum set in my dressing room. I play drums to relax and have some fun.
Queen Latifah Quotes: I have a drum set
I don't want to be a supermodel; I want to be a role model.
Queen Latifah Quotes: I don't want to be
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 Latifah Quotes: I don't have any regrets.
I clean up really well. I can get dolled up.
Queen Latifah Quotes: I clean up really well.
To me, hip hop will never be right until female rappers have a stronger voice in it.
Queen Latifah Quotes: To me, hip hop will
I learned early that I had to work harder than the white kids and harder than the boys.
Queen Latifah Quotes: I learned early that I
I've hosted the Soul Train awards, the American Music Awards ... and I had my own talk show. So if I can't host by now, what the hell can I do?
Queen Latifah Quotes: I've hosted the Soul Train
How many crossroads are you allowed to have in life? I seem to have a lot of crossroads. I think maybe I crossed back across the same road too often.
Queen Latifah Quotes: How many crossroads are you
It's great to be able to employ people who other people wouldn't consider viable employees.
Queen Latifah Quotes: It's great to be able
It's not necessarily what a family is typically supposed to look like. But it is what it is. It's about a connection and bond that everyone can identify with.
Queen Latifah Quotes: It's not necessarily what a
The objectification of females is not a good thing! Not every rapper does this, but when the lyrics focus solely on the strip club, 'poppin' bottles' and how many girls they can 'tap,' it distorts what kids are learning. I think if there was more of a female presence in hip hop we could break up the monotony. It's all about balance.
Queen Latifah Quotes: The objectification of females is
Bowling, I like bowling. I've been getting into this bowling thing. It's kinda fun.
Queen Latifah Quotes: Bowling, I like bowling. I've
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.
Queen Latifah Quotes: To step into acting was
Life's not about sitting at home in front of the TV waiting for your life to begin. Get out there and take some chances.
Queen Latifah Quotes: Life's not about sitting at
I'm the daughter of a sister whose the mother of a brother who's the brother of another.
Queen Latifah Quotes: I'm the daughter of a
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.
Queen Latifah Quotes: New Jersey is a great
Hip-hop definitely taught me a lot. Having to create your own identity and become known and respected in a male-dominated field - it requires some guts. There are times you have to be strong, and times when you have to stand alone for what you believe in.
Queen Latifah Quotes: Hip-hop definitely taught me a
I just like ladies who have class ... just be yourself and let your personality shine and let your individuality show. To me, that's sexier. A confident woman is a sexy woman, in my opinion
Queen Latifah Quotes: I just like ladies who
I enjoy just being me. I don't need to be Queen Latifah, the brand, 24 hours a day.
Queen Latifah Quotes: I enjoy just being me.
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.
Queen Latifah Quotes: You need to give yourself
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.
Queen Latifah Quotes: I decided early on that
Yeah, I'm from Jersey; it's almost like I was automatically born a Nets fan.
Queen Latifah Quotes: Yeah, I'm from Jersey; it's
My mother wouldn't allow me to speak slang when I was growing up. But when I got outside, around my friends, it was 'Yo' and 'That's the joint' and 'Yo, what's up?' So I had my game for my friends and my game for my mom.
Queen Latifah Quotes: My mother wouldn't allow me
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.
Queen Latifah Quotes: I do feel like I
I always loved all kinds of music. I would watch musicals a lot as a kid, on TV, watch the Fred Astaire movies. I'd watch 'The Wizard of Oz.' I was a big Jerry Lewis fan, and they'd have these big bands and someone singing - some siren, or some guy singing some gorgeous song. I was always enamored of that style of music.
Queen Latifah Quotes: I always loved all kinds
It's not always easy to do the right thing. But, doing the right thing makes you strong, it builds character, it forces you to make decisions based upon your beliefs and not what other people think. In life, and in business, you have to stand for what you believe in and sometimes you have to stand alone. But, what makes you a leader is having the courage of your convictions.
Queen Latifah Quotes: It's not always easy to
When my body feels good, I feel more energized and alive, and that's sexy. I'm taking care of this body God gave me.
Queen Latifah Quotes: When my body feels good,
Every woman is a queen, and we all have different things to offer.
Queen Latifah Quotes: Every woman is a queen,
When I'm doing something I love, I can lose sleep. I can go and go and go and go. My work ethic is pretty intense. But when it comes to doing something that I don't love every day, I'm not very good at it. That's called work, and I don't like work that much.
Queen Latifah Quotes: When I'm doing something I
A confident woman is a sexy woman, in my opinion. And I think guys find that to be the same way.
Queen Latifah Quotes: A confident woman is a
As a teenager, I had big breasts for my age, and my friends cracked on me a lot.
Queen Latifah Quotes: As a teenager, I had
I love music. I've just been putting studios together, here and at my house in New Jersey and so I can always make music and express my ideas and work with people to fine tune them to where they need to be.
Queen Latifah Quotes: I love music. I've just
I enjoy going to work and having a good time. It's tough when you got to work with people who just are in a bad mood all the damn time.
Queen Latifah Quotes: I enjoy going to work
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 Latifah Quotes: Even if you don't have
If you're prematurely born or if you have things happening when you're like a baby being born. If you have to learn how to walk right or if there's something wrong with your gait or just physical things that are happening. Illnesses affect your family and they impact you because you want to do the best you can to help your family member become more healthy.
Queen Latifah Quotes: If you're prematurely born or
I'm not living large; I just want to live comfortably. I wanna have financial stability that is unshakable.
Queen Latifah Quotes: I'm not living large; I
You can huff and puff. But blow me down? I doubt it kid, or you get your ass whupped.
Queen Latifah Quotes: You can huff and puff.
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 Quotes: I really don't know how
There were musicians that influenced me, but they weren't all women. Teena Marie was a big influence because she wrote and produced her own music, which let me know that women could write and produce their own music, which was an empowering moment for me.
Queen Latifah Quotes: There were musicians that influenced
I'm thinking wanting to succeed is something in my DNA; I'm not like 'I've got to succeed,' I just don't think about that. I see a silver lining in everything and I see a lesson in everything.
Queen Latifah Quotes: I'm thinking wanting to succeed
If my brother and I wanted money in our pockets, we had to get jobs - my first was at 15, at Burger King. We had to come up with ways to create an income.
Queen Latifah Quotes: If my brother and I
I'm a sucker for a man who cries. It just gets to me.
Queen Latifah Quotes: I'm a sucker for a
So often, you don't get that opportunity. You only go over everything once and, the next thing you know, you're on set.
Queen Latifah Quotes: So often, you don't get
I love riding, even if it's just my Vespa. You just zip and do your thing. I find there's a different awareness when I ride; it connects me to my senses and to God.
Queen Latifah Quotes: I love riding, even if
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 Quotes: Business is fun. Controlling your
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 Quotes: I didn't know I had
I wish every woman would love herself and embrace what she was given naturally.
Queen Latifah Quotes: I wish every woman would
While we [people] keep putting a face on HIV and AIDS, I think what we forget is that there are human beings, just people with emotions and feelings, women who want to be loved, men who want to be loved, who want to feel something.
Queen Latifah Quotes: While we [people] keep putting
Church was a requirement - there was no choice in the matter; so was vacation bible school. Gospel has been in me since I was a kid.
Queen Latifah Quotes: Church was a requirement -
I often find it's just the confidence that makes you sexy, not what your body looks like. It's how you feel about yourself that makes you sexy.
Queen Latifah Quotes: I often find it's just
Those curveballs are always coming-eventually, you learn to hit some of them.
Queen Latifah Quotes: Those curveballs are always coming-eventually,
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.
Queen Latifah Quotes: I think as far as
I have my dad's shape. No booty.
Queen Latifah Quotes: I have my dad's shape.
I'm probably proudest of being able to lift a lot of us out of the 'hood. That's the biggest thing, that I've been able to employ a lot of people and give them opportunities.
Queen Latifah Quotes: I'm probably proudest of being
I'm not one of those people who wake up chatting. I usually don't want to speak for the first 10 or 20 minutes. And I don't really want you to talk to me either!
Queen Latifah Quotes: I'm not one of those
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.
Queen Latifah Quotes: No one ever got ahead
There's the part of my life that the public and I share together. And there's the part that's mine to keep for myself. And that's mine. For me.
Queen Latifah Quotes: There's the part of my
People have often asked me, do I want to be the next Oprah - there is no such thing. Oprah is Oprah, and she's still being Oprah if anybody hasn't noticed ... what I bring to TV is myself ... I really think there's space in daytime TV for a whole bunch of fun, some amazing music, and some heart.
Queen Latifah Quotes: People have often asked me,
The movie I've seen a million times is 'Steel Magnolias,' directed by Herbert Ross, starring Sally Field and Julia Roberts.
Queen Latifah Quotes: The movie I've seen a
When you're rapping, you do have to perform to a certain degree, but not every rapper is necessarily a gifted actor.
Queen Latifah Quotes: When you're rapping, you do
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.
Queen Latifah Quotes: Living for today will bring
You just have to connect with people who believe in your vision and who will work with you and advance your cause.
Queen Latifah Quotes: You just have to connect
You do silly things for love sometimes and not-so-smart things for love.
Queen Latifah Quotes: You do silly things for
It was a very vulnerable time going from being insecure about my body and who I am to becoming comfortable with me. I had to tune out what the hell everybody else had to say about who I was. When I was able to do that, I felt free.
Queen Latifah Quotes: It was a very vulnerable
I've loved car racing all my life. I watch NASCAR regularly, and drag racing because we have Raceway Park in New Jersey. I think I got it from my father.
Queen Latifah Quotes: I've loved car racing all
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