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Adele on reports speculating she was chastising Chris Brown in a photo:  - “Chris Brown and I were complimenting each other in that photo actually!”   (Photo: Christopher Polk/Getty Images for NARAS)

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Kobe Bryant standing up to a Twitter follower who used “gay” in a derogatory way:  - “Just letting you know… that using ‘your gay’ as a way to put someone down ain’t ok!” (Photo: Harry How/Getty Images)

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Jay-Z making fun of the Dream's "parental advisory" skullcap at the Grammys:  - "I'd like to thank the swap meet for his hat.”  (Photo: Christopher Polk/Getty Images for NARAS)

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Wayne Brady on being perceived as not Black enough:  - “No one can be harder on Black people than Black people. And I understand that, we like to claim what’s ours — we are a very loyal audience. What irks me is when the person who says, ‘Oh, Wayne Brady isn’t Black enough for this role,’ is the 26-year-old white screenwriter.” (Photo: Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

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Tyler the Creator on Frank Ocean winning a Grammy:  - "It's wild because he's still the same weirdo that I know. It's nothing really different."  (Photo: Greg Tidwell, PacificCoastNews.com)

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Toni Braxton on her dream acting role:  - "I would like to play a lesbian. I don't know why. And do a whole make-out scene and the whole thing; just something completely different than people would expect from me. Not a lipstick lesbian, either."  (Photo: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)

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Rockmond Dunbar on having played gay characters in films like Punks: -  “A lot of cats turned it down because of the kissing scene. I took both the roles because I’m an artist, I’m an actor. I’m not going to be afraid of taking a gay role any more than I would be playing a detective.” (Photo: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for NAACP Image Awards)

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Quentin Tarantino on why he didn’t cast Idris Elba in Django Unchained:  - “Yeah, Idris is British and this is an American story. I think a problem with a lot of movies that deal with this issue is they cast British actors to play the Southerners and it goes a long way to distancing the movie."  (Photo: Adam Pretty/Getty Images)

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Halle Berry accepting her humanitarian award at BET Honors:  - “By you honoring the work that we’re doing at the Jennesse Center maybe it will encourage others to stand up and be strong and face the reality of what’s happening to them.”  (Photo: Kris Connor/Getty Images for BET)

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President Obama on voting for gun control in Congress:  - “Hadiya’s parents, Nate and Cleo, are in this chamber tonight, along with more than two dozen Americans whose lives have been torn apart by gun violence. They deserve a vote.” (Photo: REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque)

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Frank Ocean accepting his Grammy for best urban contemporary album:  - “The way you disarm an audience is by imagining them naked. But I don’t want to do that.” (Photo: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

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Beyoncé on her business savvy being influenced by her former manager, her father:  - “My father taught me so much about being a businesswoman. And I’m understanding him a lot now. A lot of the crazy things he did were necessary.”  (Photo: Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images)