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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

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Queen Latifah
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: March 18
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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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There is nothing like a person with confidence, male or female, not conceitedness, but confidence. That inspires other people.
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I've never wanted to be put into a box, not musically.
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I decided early on that I was going to put on my crown and rule my world by acting right and treating myself like a queen.
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You have to stand for what you believe in and sometimes you have to stand alone.
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My mom will make me walk the dogs or take out the trash when I go home.
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For me, it might sound cliche, but beauty for me really does start on the inside. It's like a state of mind, a state of love if you will. Then, whatever you can do on the outside is all like a bonus.
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Look at people for an example, but then make sure to do things your way. Surround yourself with positive people.
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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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When I want to push myself and do intense workouts, I do that, but I'm not going to do it because anybody thinks I should look a certain way. It's really more about how I feel and about being healthy.
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So often, you don't get that opportunity. You only go over everything once and, the next thing you know, you're on set.
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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 feel strongly that women who look like me should feel great. So I am not changing.
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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.
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Fear can be good when you're walking past an alley at night or when you need to check the locks on your doors before you go to bed, but it's not good when you have a goal and you're fearful of obstacles. We often get trapped by our fears, but anyone who has had success has failed before.
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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.
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I definitely think we need to lean more on God. And I do think we need to praise, because we need to give it outward. You know, whenever you think you're in tough circumstances, there's always somebody who's in a worse position than you.
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I'm not the type that's going to sit and preach to people if they don't need it just because I've been around the block a few times.
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