Beyonce Knowles Quotes & Sayings

#1. Yes, I will probably be that way. I am sure I will. I think that it shouldn't stop you. I think of course my life is going to change, and I definitely will make sacrifices, but you know, I think I will be able to bring hopefully my little rider with me.

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#2. Spread positivity; don't matter how big, or how small.

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#3. I am so looking forward to it. I made sure I had a strong foundation before I became pregnant and I think that's the most important thing. There were a lot of things that I wanted to do personally so that when the time came, I really knew who I was and could be the best mother.

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#4. To be able to travel the world, especially to places I never thought I'd be ... it's really, you know, still fascinating for me.

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#5. I never imagined I would be in a film with Steve Martin. I was a little star struck, because I grew up watching his movies.

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#6. Happiness comes from you. No one else can make you happy. You make you happy.

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#7. Who I am on stage is very, very different to who I am in real life.

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#8. When I was writing the Destiny's Child songs, it was a big thing to be that young and taking control. And the label at the time didn't know that we were going to be that successful, so they gave us all control. And I got used to it.

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#9. The most alluring thing a woman can have is confidence.

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#10. We ain't got nothing without love. That's all we'll have when the world is through. This world will know Satan. I am sorry for the end of your sins cause they're going to live in hell. I follow Lucifer. Hail Satan.

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#11. I'm a human being and I fall in love and sometimes I don't have control of every situation.

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#12. You can't appreciate the good times without the bad ones.

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#13. Thank God I found the GOOD in goodbye

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#14. My message behind this album was finding the beauty in imperfection.

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#15. I don't like to gamble, but if there's one thing I'm willing to bet on, it's myself.

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#16. We're African-American and we work together as a family, so people assume we're like the Jacksons. But I didn't have parents using me to get out of a bad situation.

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#17. I mean, I feel like you get more bees with honey. But that doesn't mean I don't get frustrated in my life.

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#18. Love is something that never goes out of style.

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#19. One of the reasons I connect to the Super Bowl is that I approach my shows like an athlete.

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#20. I can never be safe; I always try and go against the grain. As soon as I accomplish one thing, I just set a higher goal. That's how I've gotten to where I am.

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#21. Imma keep running cause a winner don't quit on themselves

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#22. So I'm very happy if my words can ever inspire or empower someone who considers themselves an oppressed minority ... We are all the same and we all want the same things: the right to be happy, to be just who we want to be and to love who we want to love.

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#23. You have to have something that is forever, something that is invisible.

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#24. He will change diapers, of course he will. He is going to be a very hands-on father.

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#25. I have two different sides to my personality. I decided to give my fans what they want and who they are used to who is the person in all the videos and the person in 'Crazy in Love' who is Sasha Fierce. I have someone else takes over when its time for me to work and when I'm on stage.

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#26. Just because you become a mother, it doesn't mean you lose who you are.

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#27. I like to walk around with bare feet and I don't like to comb my hair.

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#28. When you're a pop star, it's a little conservative; you always have to stay in a box. You have fans that are five and fans that are 65; there are so many people wanting so many things.

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#29. I wanted to sell a million records, and I sold a million records. I wanted to go platinum; I went platinum. I've been working nonstop since I was 15. I don't even know how to chill out.

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#30. A true diva is graceful, and talented, and strong, and fearless and brave and someone with humility.

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#31. It's easy to hear the voices of others and often very difficult to hear your own. Every person you meet is going to want something different from you. The question is: what do you want for yourself?

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#32. If everything was perfect, you would never learn and you would never grow.

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#33. You know, equality is a myth, and for some reason, everyone accepts the fact that women don't make as much money as men do. I don't understand that. Why do we have to take a backseat?

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#34. I grew up in a very nice house in Houston, went to private school all my life and I've never even been to the 'hood. Not that there's anything wrong with the 'hood.

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#35. I am a woman and when I think, I must speak.

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#36. I feel like you get more bees with honey. But that doesn't mean I don't get frustrated in my life. My way of dealing with frustration is to shut down and to think and speak logically.

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#37. I want to be a legend, like Celine Dion.

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#38. Make sure you have your own life before becoming someone's wife
~spoken to Oprah in an interview

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#39. I don't use backing tapes when I am singing and dancing on stage. I can do cartwheels and sing.

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#40. I embrace mistakes, they make you who you are.

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#41. Power is not given to you. You have to take it.

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#42. I fell in love with music by listening to R&B, & it's the core of who I am.

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#43. I'll put on a song that I really like and do bicep curls with two kilo weights the whole song.

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#44. I need to find a catchy new word for feminism, right? Like 'bootylicious.'

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#45. If I weren't performing, I'd be a beauty editor or a therapist. I love creativity, but I also love to help others. My mother was a hairstylist, and they listen to everyone's problems - like a beauty therapist!

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#46. My biggest thing is to teach not to focus on the aesthetic. It's really about who you are, and the human being, that makes you beautiful.

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#47. Imperfections make you more beautiful.

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#48. My mom has always told me that beauty fades but inner beauty is forever. There's nothing more beautiful than a woman [who] takes care of [herself].

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#49. The lyrics to the single 'Survivor' are Destiny's Child's story, because we've been through a lot, ... We went through our drama with the members ... Any complications we've had in our 10-year period of time have made us closer and tighter and better.

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#50. Y'all are so cute and y'all talk so proper over here. I love England.

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#51. We have a lot of work to do, but we can get there if we work together. Women are more than 50 percent of the population and more than 50 percent of voters. We must demand that we all receive 100 percent of the opportunities.

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#52. It was great for that to be my first movie with such a wonderful cast, and such a huge movie. And now I get to do The Fighting Temptations, which is coming out soon-it wasn't much of a character, it was more of a real person, so I got to show more of my acting range.

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#53. Whenever I'm confused about something, I ask God to reveal the answers to my questions, and he does.

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#54. I am really proud that I am one of the artists that has the opportunity to be on magazine covers and to be in the movies.

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#55. Yup I put it on him, it ain't nothing I can't do, yup i buy my own, if he deserve it buy his shit too

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#56. I've had the same car for five years - it's a convertible Jag which I bought with my own money. It's very Austin Powers.

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#57. You know what, I'm very attracted to someone who makes me laugh and is that charming. Really, I could be charmed by anyone. I'm just a sucker for somebody that is charming.

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#58. My mom is one of those people that you feel honored to meet. And no matter who you are, you fall in love with her because she is spiritual, she's inspiring, she's strong, she's funny, she's creative, she's talented ... she's everything that I want to be.

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#59. Whenever I feel bad, I use that feeling to motivate me to work harder. I only allow myself one day to feel sorry for myself. When I'm not feeling my best I ask myself, 'What are you gonna do about it?' I use the negativity to fuel the transformation into a better me.

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#60. Acting is easier and smoother than singing - it's less drama.

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#61. Right now, after giving birth, I really understand the power of my body. I just feel my body means something completely different.

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#62. Actually I am having so much fun, it has been the most fun time now that it has been announced and I don't have to, you know, it was really difficult to conceal, but now that I can be proud and excited about it I'm having so much fun shopping - it's great.

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#63. Who runs the world? Girls.

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#64. I don't really like to call myself a brand, and I don't like to think of myself as a brand. I'm a singer, a songwriter, a musician and a performer. And an actress, and all the other things that I do. When you add it all together, some might call it a brand, but that's not my focus.

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#65. My focus is my art, and that's what I love to do. I have to be really passionate in order to do something. I've turned down many things that I just didn't believe in.

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#66. What goes around comes back around.

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#67. 'Cause your love got the best of me, and baby you're making a fool of me. You got me sprung and i don't care who sees, 'cause baby you got me so crazy.

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#68. I went to a high school for the performing arts and I lived and breathed music. It kept me focused; it kept me sane.

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#69. Beauty fades. Your spirit is forever.

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#70. I work closely with a number of charities from food pantries to drug rehabilitation to natural disaster relief to preventing sexual exploitation of young girls. It is one of the most rewarding things I do.

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#71. Love is so blind, it feels right when it's wrong.

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#72. Tattoo your name across my heart, so it will remain / not even death could make us part / what kind is it / It could be a sweet dream or a beautiful nightmare / either way I don't want to wake up from you.

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#73. I like it when I'm on the stage, but honestly, I would be very happy if I could cut it off, just enjoy my life when I wasn't performing.

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#74. The reality is: sometimes you lose. And you're never too good to lose. You're never too big to lose. You're never too smart to lose. It happens.

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#75. I can not imagine my life if I didn't have a music program in my school.

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#76. Thank God for my computer. Sometimes when there is no one to talk to, I talk aloud so that I can get all my thoughts out and try to figure out the issues that I'm having and try, I'm trying to find the answers.

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#77. It's amazing how I'm able to ride around on a bike. People kind of see it's me but since I'm on a bike, they think, 'No, it's not her.' And by the time they realize it's me, I'm already gone.

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#78. I wanted to be famous for my music and my talent, and I always wished I could cut it out when I left the stage.

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#79. My daughter introduced me to myself.

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#80. I get nervous when I don't get nervous. If I'm nervous I know I'm going to have a good show.

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#81. I would want them to really think about how amazing they are and how lucky they are to be a woman. And how powerful they are. And I'd tell them to love every day of it because it's the biggest miracle and a woman that's able to give birth is the most important, lucky, fortunate woman in the world.

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#82. I know I'm stronger in the songs than I really am. Sometimes I need to hear it myself. We all need to hear those empowering songs to remind us.

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#83. We're not exposed to a lot of guys.

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#84. When you love and accept yourself, when you know who really cares about you, and when you learn from your mistakes, then you stop caring about what people who don't know you think.

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#85. When I'm on the red carpet, I'm prepared for [the attention.] But the worst thing is on planes, when you're asleep and you're woken up by a camera flashing. That's a little bit much. But what do you do? It's a part of [being famous]. Unfortunately.

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#86. Take all the rules away. How can we live if we don't change?

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#87. I discovered after going to music festivals that I am a rock fan. I love the guitars, the phrasing, and the abandon of rock fans.

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#88. I just hope people don't get sick of us. I'm sick of us and I'm in Destiny's Child.

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#89. When you really don't like a guy, they're all over you, and as soon as you act like you like them, they're no longer interested.

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#90. For me, it's about the way I carry myself and the way I treat other people. My relationship and how I feel about God and what He does for me, is something deeply personal. It's where I came from, my family, I was brought up in a religious household and that's very important to me.

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#91. If I hadn't gone through some of the painful experiences in my life, I would not be me.

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#92. Perfection is a disease of a nation.

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#93. Tina Turner is someone that I admire, because she made her strength feminine and sexy. Marilyn Monroe, because she was a curvy woman. I'm drawn to things that have the same kind of silhouettes as what she wore because our bodies are similar.

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#94. I was thinkin if I cheated on my fears, broke up with my doubts, got engaged to my faith. I can marry my dreams.

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#95. When I was younger, there were moments where I said, 'I'm not going to have children.' And then moments when I wanted four. And now I definitely want another, but I don't know when.

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