Queen Latifah Quotes

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Queen Latifah

Profession : Musician

Birth : March 18, 1970

If you try to follow everyone else's mold, you'll probably fail at some point because God created us uniquely for a reason.

Queen Latifah

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.

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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.

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Always follow your own path.

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My legs are nice, my lips are shapely, and my breasts are pretty. They popped up when I was 11 and they weren't small then. I was teased, but now those kids wish they had what I have!

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I've been giving back since I was a teen, handing out turkeys at Thanksgiving and handing out toys at toys drives for Christmas. It's very important to give back as a youth. It's as simple as helping an old lady across the street or giving up your seat on the bus for someone who is pregnant.

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I am not one to turn down macaroni and cheese, even late at night. I love Italian food. I love pasta... A refrigerator full of water and Gatorade? Honey, that's just not gonna happen.

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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.

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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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A confident woman is a sexy woman, in my opinion. And I think guys find that to be the same way.

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Beauty is not just a white girl. It's so many different flavors and shades.

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I realized there was racism because people thought, 'Oh, if you like roll 'n' roll, that makes you like a white kid.'

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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.

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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.

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If you can draw something from my life that helps, more power to you.

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To me, hip hop will never be right until female rappers have a stronger voice in it.

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God is my homeboy. Jesus is my homeboy.

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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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I want every day to be life for the living, not just traipsing through it existing. I'm just interested in life and the world and exploring.

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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.

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