Queen Latifah Quotes
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.
Quotes to Explore
-
I've always made sequels, even when I was making Super 8 movies if the audience liked it.
-
Nobody can be exactly like me. Even I have trouble doing it.
-
I think mobility is very important, not only to discover opportunities elsewhere but at times, also to appreciate better what your home town has. Allahabad, for instance, has the feel of a small, tightly-knit community where everyone participates.
-
I worked with the Neville Brothers for 40-some years on the highway, and up and down since I can remember - funk from New Orleans.
-
To most boys with growing limbs and swelling sinews, physical activity is a natural instinct, and there is no need to drive them into the football field or the fives court: they go there because they like it, and there is no need to make games compulsory for them.
-
Bigotry toward any faith community cannot have any place in civilized society anywhere in the world.
-
I'm a firm believer in the Second Amendment and the Bill of Rights. I don't think you should infringe on the type of weapon somebody should buy or the number of rounds in a high-capacity magazine.
-
I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
-
I've personally never had the chance to go to Lambeau Field.
-
While teaching, I also worked undercover in the lower courts by saying I was a young law teacher wanting experience in criminal law. The judges were happy to assist me but what I learned was how corrupt the lower courts were. Judges were accepting money right in the courtroom.
-
With a warm drink, in a rocking chair and family and friends around, I am working on finding peace and joy in the moments we have been given. It doesn't have to all make sense. I don't have all the answers.
-
Working with Bruno Mars would be really awesome. I'm such a fan of his, and I love that he's a real artist.
-
Michael Jordan and Magic and myself all learned how to play the game in college programs that emphasized the team.
-
This is how I started: My mom was crazy for antique shops and junk shops, and my sister and I would play this game where, if we were driving with my parents and saw a junk shop or an antique shop, we'd scream at the top of our lungs. My poor father would have heart failure and screech to a halt, and we'd leap out and go and explore.
-
Programs like food stamps, unemployment insurance, Medicaid, and job retraining help Americans get back on their feet when they are down and out and laid off through no fault of their own.
-
If we took information only from sources with which we agreed on all issues, we would be left with merely quoting ourselves, and we would miss a great deal of truth.
-
I don't really have a main source for my style inspiration. It's really about however I feel about myself at the moment.
-
The god of music dwelleth out of doors.
-
I didn't technically grow up in the South, but both my parents were from there.
-
Most of the clubbing I did was gay clubbing.
-
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.
