Queen Latifah Quotes

• I lost relatives to AIDS, a couple of my closest 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 really deny it, and you can’t run from it.

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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 think I’d be a great mom, honestly. I don’t think I’ll have any problem giving them all the love in the world. Discipline will be the hard part.

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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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• As a viewer, the minute I start getting confused, I check out of the movie. Emotionally, I’m severed.

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• Dogs got personality. Personality goes a long way.

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• Everything I learned as an actor, I have basically applied to writing.

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• 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.

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• Dreams become reality when we put our minds to it.

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• I don’t have to really be in the 60s. Every time I hail a cab in New York, and they pass me by and pick up the white person, then I get a dose of it. Or when they don’t want to take you to Harlem. I grew up with that.rea

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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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• I’m not allowed to get a big head, I’ve still got to do the simple things in life.

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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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• My mom will make me walk the dogs or take out the trash when I go home.

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• There are a lot of people who helped make Queen Latifah who she is today. I don’t forget, but a lot of people do and get big heads.

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• Always follow your own path.

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• Don’t you want to know what’s real and what’s not? I remember when I was a kid, you know, this whole Cold War thing. They had us scared of the Russians. So, it’s almost like, what’s real and what’s not?

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Queen Latifah (17)

Birth:	18th March, 1970
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Actress, Lyricist, Singer, Model

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