Word? Celebrity Quotes: Week of December 16, 2011

New quotes from Khloé Kardashian, Fantasia, Common and more.

Paris Jackson - She's seen unimagineable tragedy at a young age, but Michael Jackson's daughter also exhibited an enormous amount of grace after the passing of her father. We see only a bright future ahead for the child of music royalty. (Photo: Dave J Hogan/Getty Images)

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Paris Jackson on advice her father gave her:  - "He said, 'If I die tomorrow, always remember what I told you.' I took his advice, and I remembered everything he told me."(Photo: Dave J Hogan/Getty Images)

Mary J. Blige (@maryjblige)  - TWEET: "Hey Fam. I'm in LA about to do an award show and I see the world has 'Mr Wrong' I hope you love it. Thx you @drake 4 such a great verse." Blige promotes her new single "Mr. Wrong" with Drake. (Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

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Mary J. Blige on her father:   - "I love my dad. We've reconciled. I was hurt earlier in my life over what he'd done, leaving us like that with no male figure. I was pissed for a long time, but I got over it.…”(Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Nickelodeon)

Common on mentioning women he’s slept with in his music:   - “They don’t really get upset because, usually, I’m saying something good about them.”(Photo: Paul Abell/PictureGroup)

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Common on mentioning women he’s slept with in his music:   - “They don’t really get upset because, usually, I’m saying something good about them.”(Photo: Paul Abell/PictureGroup)

Matt Damon on becoming a dad:  - “The only way I can describe it — it sounds stupid, but — at the end of How the Grinch Stole Christmas, you know how his heart grows like five times? Everything is full; It’s just full all the time.”(Photo: Ian Gavan/Getty Images)

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Matt Damon on becoming a dad:  - “The only way I can describe it — it sounds stupid, but — at the end of How the Grinch Stole Christmas, you know how his heart grows like five times? Everything is full; It’s just full all the time.”(Photo: Ian Gavan/Getty Images)

Fantasia Barrino on the birth of her son:  - "I feel so blessed that my son Dallas Xavier was born healthy, and is a wonderful new addition to our family. I thank all my fans for their well wishes and continued support."(Photo: Frank Micelotta/Fox/PictureGroup)

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Fantasia Barrino on the birth of her son:  - "I feel so blessed that my son Dallas Xavier was born healthy, and is a wonderful new addition to our family. I thank all my fans for their well wishes and continued support."(Photo: Frank Micelotta/Fox/PictureGroup)

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Russell Simmons (@UncleRush)  - TWEET: "I wish ths guy (ceo) wld stp playing & apologise . Friday is #lowes due day. Creative work on 'the boycott' begins Monday" Russell Simmons urges followers to boycott home improvement store Lowe's after it pulled ads from TLC reality show All-American Muslim. (Photo: Joe Corrigan/Getty Images)

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Russell Simmons on ads for American Muslim being pulled from Lowes:  - “This can’t happen in America; [Lowe's] needs to fix this immediately... They can’t get away with that, it’s ridiculous. There are American principals at stake here.”(Photo: Joe Corrigan/Getty Images)

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Kelly Rowland on dating:  - “That’s probably one of the reasons why I’m single. I get in the way of myself when it comes to men.”(Photo: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

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Kelly Rowland on dating:  - “That’s probably one of the reasons why I’m single. I get in the way of myself when it comes to men.”(Photo: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

Ludacris talks about his daughter inspiring his new website, Karmasworld.com: - "[Karma] absolutely loves [the site] and she definitely is overwhelmed in terms of she thinks it's almost surreal to her. I'm telling her people not only from around the country but around the world are listening to her songs and looking at her website.…”(Photo: Stephen Dunn/Getty Images)

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Ludacris talks about his daughter inspiring his new website, Karmasworld.com: - "[Karma] absolutely loves [the site] and she definitely is overwhelmed in terms of she thinks it's almost surreal to her. I'm telling her people not only from around the country but around the world are listening to her songs and looking at her website.…”(Photo: Stephen Dunn/Getty Images)

Michael K. Williams on growing up:  - “Growing up in the streets of Brooklyn, for all intents and purposes, I was legitimately considered soft. I was nobody’s gangster.”(Photo; Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images)

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Michael K. Williams on growing up:  - “Growing up in the streets of Brooklyn, for all intents and purposes, I was legitimately considered soft. I was nobody’s gangster.”(Photo; Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images)

Hosea Chanchez on his character “Malik” getting into a relationship:  - “You know what? Maybe one day. Hopefully. But not right now; I don’t think so.”(Photo: Albert L. Ortega/PictureGroup)

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Hosea Chanchez on his character “Malik” getting into a relationship:  - “You know what? Maybe one day. Hopefully. But not right now; I don’t think so.”(Photo: Albert L. Ortega/PictureGroup)

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Khloe Kardashian on quitting PETA for supporting woman who threw flour on Kim K:   - “I’ve been a vocal supporter of PETA for a long time but I have also been very vocal about anti-bullying, so this was a huge disappointment for me. As you all know, I don’t condone violence and bullying and what happened last Thursday was just that."(Photo: Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images)

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Kloé Kardashian on Lamar Odum being traded to the Dallas Mavericks: - “We are all sad but positive energy gets you farther than negative."(Photo: Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images)

Black Thought, @blackthought - Tweet: "Happy birthday to the honorable robert nesta marley"More than 20 years since his death and Bob Marley's music is still healing the world, so it was only right that Black Thought paid his respects to the legendary Rasta on what would have been his 69th birthday (Feb. 6).(Photo: Terrence Jennings/PictureGroup) 

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Black Thought on his rhymes:  - “I’ve always considered publishing a book of my lyrics because I’ve never been quoted correctly. I see the lines to Roots songs online and I see that they got all my rhymes all f****d up.”(Photo: Terrence Jennings/PictureGroup)