I have a no-die clause in every movie. The black people can't be dying all the time.
Queen LatifahRead
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.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes living fully and actively engaging with life rather than merely existing day-to-day.
Queen Latifah's quote reflects a deep desire to embrace life with enthusiasm and curiosity. It underscores the importance of actively participating in experiences and shows a commitment to exploring the world around us. Rather than simply going through the motions of daily existence, it encourages a mindset of vitality and engagement with what life has to offer.
In practice
In a motivational speech to inspire others to pursue their passions.
I have a no-die clause in every movie. The black people can't be dying all the time.
I don't have any regrets. If I could have talked to my 19- or 20-year-old self, I would have said, 'You're going to be fine. It ain't that serious!'
Putting on your crown is really like accepting the fact that you are a queen. You're a great woman. Wherever you are in life, just keep on that path, and so for me, sometimes as women, we forget - we forget that about ourselves. So, putting on your crown is sort of reminding yourself that, hey, I'm a queen, and I can do what I want in this life and take it.
There was always music in our home. My mom and my dad loved music. I remember when we were kids we would have these great parties at the house with congas and bongos and African drums, and it was amazing. It wasn't until years later that I found out that they were actually Black Panther meetings.
It was a very vulnerable time going from being insecure about my body and who I am to becoming comfortable with me. I had to tune out what the hell everybody else had to say about who I was. When I was able to do that, I felt free.
People say I'm going to be the next Oprah. But I say no, because Oprah is still Oprah. I'll be the next me. I feel like there's always a lane for me as long as I'm true to myself.
What a good thing, for instance, it was that one princess should sleep for a hundred years! Was she not saved from all the plague of young men who were not worthy of her? And did not she come awake exactly at the right moment when the right prince kissed her? For my part, I cannot help wishing a good many girls would sleep till just the same fate overtook them. It would be happier for them, and more agreeable to their friends.
When you are brought up as a frozen child, you go on freezing. It wasn't until I had my four sons, who have brought me immense joy, that I began to thaw. That I realised how utterly extraordinary my childhood was.
...[A]nything worth dying for ... is certainly worth living for.
When a woman becomes her own best friend life is easier.
We tried in our simple way to lead our life in a manner that may make a difference to those of others.
I do not choose that my grave should be dug while I am still alive.
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