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" 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
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" I was baptized a Baptist, but I'm just Christian, as far as I'm concerned. I could go in any church, doesn't matter if it's Baptist, Protestant, Episcopal, or Catholic. "
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" 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? "
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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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" 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 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. "
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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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" If you can draw something from my life that helps, more power to you. "
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" I learned early that I had to work harder than the white kids and harder than the boys. "
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" I want to see 10 female rappers getting regular rotation. It can't be all about a man's opinion. "
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" 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. "
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" We ignore our feelings a lot, I realize. Many of us have to... until they really bite us in the butt. "
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" Every woman is a queen, and we all have different things to offer. "
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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 have a drum set in my dressing room. I play drums to relax and have some fun. "
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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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" 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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" Bowling, I like bowling. I've been getting into this bowling thing. It's kinda fun. "
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" I came from a crew, and to me, all the guys I rapped with were better than me, so I was surprised when I was the breakout one. It was definitely a cool thing. "
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" 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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" 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. "
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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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" When it came time to be a professional rapper, I wouldn't sign anything without reading it. There was no way I was going to have people make decisions for me or wake up one day and find that I was broke because I never bothered to read a contract. "
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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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" The movie I've seen a million times is 'Steel Magnolias,' directed by Herbert Ross, starring Sally Field and Julia Roberts. "
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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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" I would say I'm voluptuous. Statuesque. Definitely curvaceous. "
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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. "
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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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" 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. "
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" I clean up really well. I can get dolled up. "
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