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Eddie Murphy on not hosting the Oscars  - “I was truly looking forward to being a part of the show that our production team and writers were just starting to develop…”(Photo: John Ricard/BET)

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Drake on social networking  - “I’m really scared for my generation, you know. The thing that scares me most is Tumblr. I hate what Tumblr has become.”(Photo: Gary Gershoff/Getty Images for Songwriters Hall of Fame)

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Brett Ratner on making women get tested for STDs before having sex   - “Before I have sex with a girl, I do one weird thing. I do take ‘em to the doctor and check ‘em out. I’m like a cootie freak. I’m a germaphobe…" (Photo: John Ricard/BET)

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Common on playing slave Elam Ferguson on the series Hell on Wheels  - “Usually when we see Black characters from that time period, they’ve been oppressed so you see that side but you don’t see the other things. Elam went through slavery and was abused, but he’s got a strength and heart about him, and you see that.”(Photo: Kristian Dowling/PictureGroup)

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Jay-Z on the popularity of throwback jerseys  - “It got to a point where everyone was walking around with these Jerseys on, and we all just looked like the biggest basketball team in the world.”(Photo: Jeff Zelevansky/Getty Images)

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Lil’ Wayne to fans outside his home  - "Do me a favor, get the f*ck from out this neighborhood or get your head knocked the f*ck off, do that…”(Photo: PNP/WENN.com)

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Romeo trying to predict who will win on Dancing With the Stars - “I think J.R. overall should win because I think he has the best talent, but we’ve seen with so many years that sometimes the best talent doesn’t win.”(Photo: Jerod Harris/Getty Images for Victoria's Secret)

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Tyrese on why he left the music business  - “I walked away from the music for various reasons: politics, drama, various different opinions and things that went down on my last album run that made me walk away from it.”(Photo: John Ricard/BET)

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Talib Kweli on Herman Cain  - “Herman Cain is Bizarro Obama. He’s the flip side; he lives in an alternate universe. The thing about Cain —it’s what Touré said— he’s just not a serious thinker."(Photo: Theo Wargo/Getty Images for The New Yorker)

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Nene Leakes on RHOA cast-mate Sheree Whitfield  - "Me and Sheree have an argument, but Lord knows she needs to have an argument with somebody because she's so damn boring."(Photo: Mark Davis/PictureGroup)

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Kevin Clash on people being surprised he’s Elmo  - “I don’t think it’s that surprising as it used to be. But occasionally it still happens. And some people just go, ‘Wow, he’s a brother!’”(Photo: Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images)

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Olivia on season two of Love & Hip Hop  - "Season two is filled with many different things, and I'm not going to say they're wonderful. But there are many different things."(Photo: C.Smith/WENN.com)

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Bill Bellamy’s advice to new father Nick Cannon  - "My advice to Nick Cannon is to get as much sleep as he can because when you have two babies, you are so tired and your babies aren't sleeping all night⎯nobody tells you that but you will go crazy.”(Photo: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)