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" I'm a sucker for a man who cries. It just gets to me. "
Queen Latifah
Just
Who
Cries
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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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Day
Every Day
Life
" 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. "
Queen Latifah
God
Feel
Always
" Yeah, I'm from Jersey; it's almost like I was automatically born a Nets fan. "
Queen Latifah
Almost
Born
Jersey
" I enjoy going to work and having a good time. It's tough when you got to work with people who just are in a bad mood all the damn time. "
Queen Latifah
Work
Good
Having A Good Time
" Two records put me over the top with hip-hop. One of them was 'Planet Rock,' and the other had no lyrics - it was called 'Numbers,' from a group called Kraftwerk. Every kid in the 'hood in New York and New Jersey was popping, locking, and breaking to that record. It was the hottest track on the street at the time. "
Queen Latifah
Hood
Me
New York
" As a teenager, I had big breasts for my age, and my friends cracked on me a lot. "
Queen Latifah
Me
Age
Big
" 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. "
Queen Latifah
Fight
Yourself
Think
" I never pictured myself as just a rapper; I always wanted to act and do whatever else I could do. I always felt like I could do a lot of different things. "
Queen Latifah
Myself
Rapper
Never
" 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. "
Queen Latifah
Feel
Know
Queen
" 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. "
Queen Latifah
Growing Up
Time
Mountains
" Be bold, be brave enough to be your true self. "
Queen Latifah
Bold
Enough
Self
" I've loved car racing all my life. I watch NASCAR regularly, and drag racing because we have Raceway Park in New Jersey. I think I got it from my father. "
Queen Latifah
Think
My Life
Loved
" When my body feels good, I feel more energized and alive, and that's sexy. I'm taking care of this body God gave me. "
Queen Latifah
Sexy
Good
God
" 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. "
Queen Latifah
Support
Time
Money
" 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. "
Queen Latifah
Influence
Mom
Mother
" As a rapper, you sort of act in music videos and in the persona you adopt onstage. You kinda have to put yourself out there and be courageous even to be a rapper. So, to step into acting was not that difficult a transition to make. "
Queen Latifah
Acting
Step
You
" 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. "
Queen Latifah
People
Reading
Decisions
" I love Ralph Lauren, just as a designer. I still think he could make some better sizes with his clothes, but I like the idea of his classic American style. "
Queen Latifah
Think
Style
Love
" Running for office was definitely something I've thought about. When I was younger, I wanted to major in political science. And I've been engaged in current events since I was a kid. If I can make a difference and feel passionately and capable, then I would. Why not? "
Queen Latifah
Science
Make A Difference
Political
" 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. "
Queen Latifah
Back
Life
You
" God is my homeboy. Jesus is my homeboy. "
Queen Latifah
God
Jesus
" 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. "
Queen Latifah
Mirror
Hate
Yourself
" I enjoy just being me. I don't need to be Queen Latifah, the brand, 24 hours a day. "
Queen Latifah
Queen
Enjoy
Day
" I've never been the straight rapper that is going to stand in a cipher and battle all day. I started off battle rapping, but to me, making songs became more important than freestyles... I've met many rappers who can freestyle but can't make a record. "
Queen Latifah
Stand
Me
Never
" 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. "
Queen Latifah
Simple
Thankful
Thanksgiving
" To me, hip hop will never be right until female rappers have a stronger voice in it. "
Queen Latifah
Me
Voice
Stronger
" Always follow your own path. "
Queen Latifah
Follow
Own
Path
" Beauty is not just a white girl. It's so many different flavors and shades. "
Queen Latifah
Girl
White
Beauty
" I used to do school plays. I never really took any acting classes. I'm just a natural ham, I guess. "
Queen Latifah
Natural
Never
School
" 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. "
Queen Latifah
I Can
Master
Worth