Queen Latifah Quotes
When I'm doing something I love, I can lose sleep. I can go and go and go and go. My work ethic is pretty intense. But when it comes to doing something that I don't love every day, I'm not very good at it. That's called work, and I don't like work that much.
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Judicial judgment must take deep account of the day before yesterday in order that yesterday may not paralyze today.
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I've personally reached the point where the sound of MP3s are so uncompelling, because so much is lost in translation.
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I don't really think about being pigeonholed so much.
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When I'm doing something I love, I can lose sleep. I can go and go and go and go. My work ethic is pretty intense. But when it comes to doing something that I don't love every day, I'm not very good at it. That's called work, and I don't like work that much.
