Celebrity Quotes of the Week: Big Sean on His Split From Naya Rivera

Plus, quotes from Beyoncé, Derrick Gordon and Nas.

A rep for Big Sean announcing the cancellation of his wedding with Naya Rivera:  - "After careful thought and much consideration, Sean has made the difficult decision to call the wedding off."  (Photos from left: Judy Eddy/WENN.com, Larry Busacca/Getty Images for Michael Kors)

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A rep for Big Sean announcing the cancellation of his wedding with Naya Rivera:  - "After careful thought and much consideration, Sean has made the difficult decision to call the wedding off." (Photos from left: Judy Eddy/WENN.com, Larry Busacca/Getty Images for Michael Kors)

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Derrick Gordon - In 2014, Derrick Gordon made history by becoming the first openly gay male NCAA Division 1 basketball player.  The sophomore starter for the University of Massachusetts men's basketball team said in a statement, "I've always loved sports, but always felt I had to hide and be someone that I'm not. For my whole life I've been living my life as a lie. I am telling my story so that athletes never feel like they have to hide. You can be true to yourself and play the sport that you love."(Photo: Mike Lawrie/Getty Images)

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Derrick Gordon becomes the first openly gay male NCAA Division 1 basketball player: - “I just came to the senses that it’s not going to happen right now unless somebody steps up to the plate and does it. I felt comfortable with myself and happy about myself that, hey, this is the perfect time to do it.” (Photo: Mike Lawrie/Getty Images)

Beyoncé on a woman’s sexuality:  - “Women should own their sexuality. Men are free and women are not. That is crazy. The old lessons of submissiveness and fragility made us victims. Women are so much more than that.”  (Photo: iam.beyonce via Tumblr) 

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Beyoncé on a woman’s sexuality:  - “Women should own their sexuality. Men are free and women are not. That is crazy. The old lessons of submissiveness and fragility made us victims. Women are so much more than that.” (Photo: iam.beyonce via Tumblr) 

Papoose - It's not a secret that Papoose represents New York to the fullest but maybe he just took keeping it real a little too far. In 2012, Remy Ma's husband had the five boroughs etched onto his right hand, starting with his fingers and running up the back of his hand for additional space. His thumb reads "Queens," followed by "Brooklyn," "Bronx," "Manhattan" and "Staten Island" on the rest of his pointers.(Photo: John Ricard / BET)

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Papoose explaining his “best in New York City” comment:  - “I replied, 'Hell yeah I'm the king of New York. There's nobody in New York that's on my level lyrically, my pen game is the most immaculate.' Those were my comments. Then he asked, 'Not even Jay-Z?' I said, 'No. He's not on my level either.'" (Photo: John Ricard/BET)

Mama Joyce on the wedding of Kandi Burruss and Todd Tucker:  - “I had no reason to bite my tongue. I’m not going to be the one to stop her from jumping into the fire. I tried, I did that all ahead of time.”   (Photo: Wilford Harewood/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)

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Mama Joyce on the wedding of Kandi Burruss and Todd Tucker:  - “I had no reason to bite my tongue. I’m not going to be the one to stop her from jumping into the fire. I tried, I did that all ahead of time.”  (Photo: Wilford Harewood/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)

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Nas on assembling the production team for Illmatic:  - "I had a dream team behind me. No one had seen nothing like it before. I can't tell you how lucky I am now and how lucky I was then to get them on the album." (Photo: Bennett Raglin/BET/Getty Images for BET)

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Nas on assembling the production team for Illmatic:  - "I had a dream team behind me. No one had seen nothing like it before. I can't tell you how lucky I am now and how lucky I was then to get them on the album." (Photo: Bennett Raglin/BET/Getty Images for BET)

Affion Crocket on the celebrity spirit he’d like to be possessed by:  - “I would say Bruce Lee for those times of fighter—when I need to protect myself.” (Photo: Jesse Grant/Getty Images for BET)

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Affion Crocket on the celebrity spirit he’d like to be possessed by:  - “I would say Bruce Lee for those times of fighter—when I need to protect myself.” (Photo: Jesse Grant/Getty Images for BET)

Kevin Costner on President Obama:  - “I have differences with the president, but I feel he’s tried to stand tall for what he wants. It’s the hardest job in the world.”  (Photo: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

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Kevin Costner on President Obama:  - “I have differences with the president, but I feel he’s tried to stand tall for what he wants. It’s the hardest job in the world.” (Photo: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

Master P on why Fat Trel was not a good fit for No Limit:  - "What didn't go right? I didn't have any business deal with Trel, we only did a mixtape. We had no other business but I wish him the best of luck." (Photos from left: Michael Loccisano/Getty Images, Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post)

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Master P on why Fat Trel was not a good fit for No Limit:  - "What didn't go right? I didn't have any business deal with Trel, we only did a mixtape. We had no other business but I wish him the best of luck." (Photos from left: Michael Loccisano/Getty Images, Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post)

Apollo Nida on why the fitness disc business deal he, Phaedra Parks and Kenya Moore were trying to work out fell through:  - “Let’s just say you want me to pay $50,000 for production and then you’re telling me, off of my 100 percent investment, you then want 10 to 20 percent for the life of the product.”  (Photo: Charles Sykes/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank)

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Apollo Nida on why the fitness disc business deal he, Phaedra Parks and Kenya Moore were trying to work out fell through:  - “Let’s just say you want me to pay $50,000 for production and then you’re telling me, off of my 100 percent investment, you then want 10 to 20 percent for the life of the product.”  (Photo: Charles Sykes/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank)

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Fantastia’s speech at Kandi Burruss and Todd Tucker’s wedding: -  “Kandi, you are my m*****f*****’ friend and I love you.”  (Photo: Larry Busacca/Getty Images for The Weinstein Company)

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Fantastia’s speech at Kandi Burruss and Todd Tucker’s wedding: -  “Kandi, you are my m*****f*****’ friend and I love you.” (Photo: Larry Busacca/Getty Images for The Weinstein Company)

Norm Lewis on playing the lead in Phantom of the Opera:  - “People have a certain vision of a particular character and, a lot of times, we as minorities don’t fit that particular vision. And now, I think that people are a little more open to that.”  (Photo: Jemal Countess/Getty Images)

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Norm Lewis on playing the lead in Phantom of the Opera:  - “People have a certain vision of a particular character and, a lot of times, we as minorities don’t fit that particular vision. And now, I think that people are a little more open to that.” (Photo: Jemal Countess/Getty Images)

Miss D on whom she patterns her career path after:   - “As I got older, I said I want to be like Debbie Allen.”  (Photo: Lifetime)

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Miss D on whom she patterns her career path after:   - “As I got older, I said I want to be like Debbie Allen.” (Photo: Lifetime)

Jennifer Garner working with Halle Berry on getting legislation passed to protect celeb kids from paparazzi:  - “I bow down to Halle Berry.”  (Photo: Angela Weiss/Getty Images for ANHEUSER BUSCH)

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Jennifer Garner working with Halle Berry on getting legislation passed to protect celeb kids from paparazzi:  - “I bow down to Halle Berry.” (Photo: Angela Weiss/Getty Images for ANHEUSER BUSCH)