Queen Latifah Quotes
I made decisions that I regret, and I took them as learning experiences... I'm human, not perfect, like anybody else.
Quotes to Explore
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I enjoy pushing my characters to the limit. No matter how far out there I go, I look for things that make the characters human.
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No matter how good you are, how brave you are or anything, it comes down to that car so many times. Not every time, but so many times.
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We have been given a role to play. We have been asked to provide, to give lectures on the role of Islamic development and the way we do it here, so the people who are Muslims there would understand what the role of Islam is.
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I think you can say anybody uses anything as a gimmick. Is Adele's not having gimmicks her gimmick? It's hard to say, isn't it? Really, I think that everybody has something that people like or that's great about them.
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Every little action creates an effect: We are all interconnected.
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If you're a good choice maker, you can choose the best emotional responses and choose the best new life paths, forward and upward.
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Throughout U.S. history, national crises have been used to suspend constitutional protections and attack basic rights. After the Civil War, with the nation in crisis, the promise of 40 acres and a mule to freed slaves was promptly betrayed.
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I am really glad I was raised Catholic. I like the fundamental aspects of that religion. I think they give you great grounding in terms of having a moral code. But I do not subscribe to any religion specifically now.
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My work has always been the thing that justifies my life.
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I heard that in the United States the level of baseball was the highest in the world. So it was only natural that I would want to go there, as a baseball player.
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A big part of being an actress specifically is feeling entitled to your artistic opinion, feeling that it means something, and being able to stand by it.
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Vilification on the grounds of race or religion is always wrong. There's no place for inciting hatred within our Australia society.
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If most American cities are about the consumption of culture, Los Angeles and New York are about the production of culture - not only national culture but global culture.
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The funny thing is, I'm not really a big reader, not a big fan of books in the first place.
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I have not been a follower of how many millions my films made or did not make.
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It's funny: when I set out to create the world of 'California,' I didn't give the type of apocalypse much thought... I simply set my two characters, Cal and Frida, in a depleted world and moved through it intuitively.
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I am not maternal at all. I don't have any kids.
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Any powerful technology can be abused.
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Take seriously the traditions, the Christian roots, and all the values that are the basis of the civilisation of Europe.
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Edgar Allan Poe, I think he's a brilliant poet. I was actually given a copy of his work when I was, like, 8 years old that was my grandfather's, and I still carry it around with me.
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I was incredibly shy and insecure as a child. I was bullied. I was dyslexic. I had an immigrant single parent. I was the opposite of that kind of ideal, cool girl thing.
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But painting can be too lonely... I like being with people too much to have ever made that my life's work.
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I made decisions that I regret, and I took them as learning experiences... I'm human, not perfect, like anybody else.
