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" Dolly Parton made me chicken and dumplings. That Tennessee woman can burn some pots! And we know that I am not necessarily shy to a fork! "
Queen Latifah
I Am
Me
Know
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" Sometimes you do have to bank on yourself. You do have to believe in your ideas enough to really get out there and fight for it despite what people think of some young kids from the hood. "
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" Be bold, be brave enough to be your true self. "
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" When I was growing up, there were so many musicals you could watch. I like the fantasy of musicals and I love music. "
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" I am a strong woman with or without this other person, with or without this job, and with or without these tight pants. "
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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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" I don't feel like I need to share my personal life, and I don't care if people think I'm gay or not. Assume whatever you want. You do it anyway. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" I'm cool with myself. If I can't have the body of Angie Bassett, so be it. "
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Body
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" You do silly things for love sometimes and not-so-smart things for love. "
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" 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. "
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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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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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Me
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Game
" 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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Day
Every Day
Life
" I want to see 10 female rappers getting regular rotation. It can't be all about a man's opinion. "
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See
Opinion
Man
" My mom will make me walk the dogs or take out the trash when I go home. "
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Walk
Dogs
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" Beauty is not just a white girl. It's so many different flavors and shades. "
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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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God
" 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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World
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Best
" 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. "
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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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" I know people who are twice as creative as I am, twice as smart, but they didn't do anything because they feared going into a room and opening their mouths. My parents told me to truly accomplish things in my life, there would be times I would have to stand alone. It may be scary, but that's what it requires. "
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I Am
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" I would say I'm voluptuous. Statuesque. Definitely curvaceous. "
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Definitely
Say
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" You can't let fear paralyze you. The worse that can happen is you fail, but guess what: You get up and try again. Feel that pain, get over it, get up, dust yourself off and keep it moving. "
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Pain
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Fear
" I have my dad's shape. No booty. "
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" I'm a sucker for a man who cries. It just gets to me. "
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" I have a drum set in my dressing room. I play drums to relax and have some fun. "
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