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" I support many organizations that I feel are doing the right thing, like Alonzo Mourning's foundation, Alicia Keys' foundation, the Make-a-Wish Foundation, and other well-established foundations. I kick out a lot of time and money wherever I can. "

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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. My mom will make me walk the dogs or take out the trash when I go home. I'm not allowed to get a big head; I've still got to do the simple things in life. "

Queen Latifah

Home

Walk

Today

" I made decisions that I regret, and I took them as learning experiences... I'm human, not perfect, like anybody else. "

" I clean up really well. I can get dolled up. "

" 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. "

" I would say I'm voluptuous. Statuesque. Definitely curvaceous. "

" 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

My Life

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" Anyone who knows me knows that I'm way more of a joker than I am a serious person. "

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Way

Person

" The movie I've seen a million times is 'Steel Magnolias,' directed by Herbert Ross, starring Sally Field and Julia Roberts. "

" I'd say, if you want to be an artist, start with your art; start with making great music and it will, hopefully, eventually cut through all of the nonsense that is out there. "

" I have my dad's shape. No booty. "

Queen Latifah

Dad

Shape

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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? "

" We ignore our feelings a lot, I realize. Many of us have to... until they really bite us in the butt. "

Queen Latifah

Our

Realize

" God is my homeboy. Jesus is my homeboy. "

Queen Latifah

God

Jesus

" I wish every woman would love herself and embrace what she was given naturally. "

" 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. "

" I enjoy just being me. I don't need to be Queen Latifah, the brand, 24 hours a day. "

" I learned early that I had to work harder than the white kids and harder than the boys. "

" 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. "

" I totally want, like, 18 babies. "

Queen Latifah

Totally

Want

" My mom was my main influence growing up, and Phylicia Rashad reminded me a lot of my mother, just the way she handled certain things, she was... not soft-spoken but smooth-spoken. Just very calm, cool, collected about things. "

" If I ran into a 19-year-old version of myself, I'd just tell her to live, full out. I might also tell her to go ahead and have a few babies and not worry about the timing of it. "

" Lets be clear, Dolly Parton is a rapper. Somewhere before all the country, I don't know what happens up there in the mountains when you're growing up, but she has been spitting rhymes for a very long time - 50 years I'd say. "

" Yeah, I'm from Jersey; it's almost like I was automatically born a Nets fan. "

" 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. "

" I don't eat bad food. I probably just eat too much food, and I think a lot of people do. "

" 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. "