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" 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. "

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Good

God

" 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. "

" 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. "

Queen Latifah

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" 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? "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

Queen Latifah

Growing Up

Game

" Always follow your own path. "

Queen Latifah

Own

Path

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

" 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. "

" There were musicians that influenced me, but they weren't all women. Teena Marie was a big influence because she wrote and produced her own music, which let me know that women could write and produce their own music, which was an empowering moment for me. "

" Be bold, be brave enough to be your true self. "

" Bowling, I like bowling. I've been getting into this bowling thing. It's kinda fun. "

" I promised my mom that if, after a year of putting 150 percent into my career it didn't work out, I would go back to school. I never did go back. "

" 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

Know

" 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

Never

" 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. "

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

Queen Latifah

Way

Person

" 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? "

" I don't have to take a trip around the world or be on a yacht in the Mediterranean to have happiness. I can find it in the little things, like looking out into my backyard and seeing deer in the fields. "

" I did Jay Leno with Mike the Situation, and he just - he lives, like, ten minutes from me in Jersey. He's like, 'If you ever get a flat, call me. I'll come fix your tire.' That's how we do. That's neighborly, you know? "

Queen Latifah

You

Situation

" I want to see 10 female rappers getting regular rotation. It can't be all about a man's opinion. "

" 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

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

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

" There are times you can't really see or even feel how sweet life can be. Hopefully its mountains will be higher than its valleys are deep. I know things that are broken can be fixed. Take the punch if you have to, hit the canvas and then get up again. Life is worth it. "

" I know a lot of people who really aren't beautiful because their attitudes are very nasty... Whether I make the 50 most beautiful list or not, I'm always going to feel like I'm number one most beautiful to myself... I get that from my mom, and my daddy and my friends who raised me. "

" To me, I always felt like I was carrying a torch for women of any size to be themselves - it doesn't matter whether you're a size 2 or a 22, just be who you are. "

Queen Latifah

Always

Size

" 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. "

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