Word? Celebrity Quotes: Week of February 24, 2012
New quotes from Kanye West, President Obama and more.
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Samuel L. Jackson on who he really is: - “I’ve said to white Hollywood folks, ‘First thing you need to understand is, I am a n****. I’m a nice guy, but there are certain things that go ‘click,’ and I become that guy y’all really worry about at night."(Photo: Goodloe/PictureGroup)
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Arsenio Hall on his allies on Celebrity Apprentice: - “I don’t have as many friends as I thought I did.” (Photo: Albert L. Ortega/PictureGroup)
Photo By Photo: Albert L. Ortega/PictureGroup
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President Barack Obama on the power of blues music: - "No one goes through life without both joy and pain, triumph and sorrow. The blues gets all of that, sometimes with just one lyric or one note."(Photo: REUTERS/Chris Kleponis)
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Octavia Spencer on wearing priceless jewels to award ceremonies: - “I don’t know if I want to wear million dollar anything because I don’t want to lose it and have to pay for it!”(Photo: Scott Kirkland/PictureGroup)
Photo By Photo: Scott Kirkland/PictureGroup
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Adele on throwing up her middle finger at Brit Awards for music: - "That was for the suits at the Brit Awards, not my fans. I'm sorry if I offended anyone but the suits offended me."(Photo: Dave J Hogan/Getty Images)
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Tyler Perry on being more comfortable in drag than playing a regular guy: - “I’m used to a costume. Give me something to hide behind. This guy is so close to who I am in real life. We share so many similarities. I feel like a reality star, which I’m not.”(Photo: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)
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Jennifer Williams on being assaulted while taping Basketball Wives: - “I’m definitely in the process of filing charges, so I can’t really talk too much about it, but I’m lawyered up.”(Photo: Moises De Pena/Picturegroup)
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Michael Bivins on how Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown got together: - “Remember, she had Randall Cunningham from the Eagles, she had Eddie Murphy...even Robert De Niro — so she had the 'A' list stars. But she picked the guy that she wanted. She invited him to her party and he came in, they cut up on the dance floor and she found the love of her life. I think everyone has to look at it like she chose him; he didn't choose her.”(Photo: Albert L. Ortega/PictureGroup)
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Keyshia Cole Gibson on being photographed without her face paint: - “I really dislike when paps catch me with NO MAKEUP!!”(Photo: Donna Ward/Getty Images)
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Star Jones on her past discomfort discussing her gastric bypass surgery: - “Don’t talk about my private way I decided to lose weight.”(Photo: Henry S. Dziekan III/Getty Images)
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