Celebrity Quotes of the Week: Stevie Wonder Speaks on Zimmerman Verdict
Plus, words from Lil' Wayne and Nas.
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Stevie Wonder after the George Zimmerman verdict: - "The truth is that — for those of you who've lost in the battle for justice, wherever that fits in any part of the world — we can't bring them back. What we can do is we can let our voices be heard. And we can vote… for change and equality for everybody. That's what I know we can do." (Photo: FayesVision/WENN.com)
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Rachel Jeantel on how she felt when being questioned by attorney Don West: - "He lucky I'm a Christian."(Photo: Pierce Morgan via CNN)
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Ryan Coogler on Trayvon Martin: - “There are millions of Americans that don’t see Trayvon’s potential. They look at him and see him as a thug who got what he deserved." (Photo: Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images)
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Sybrina Fulton on the George Zimmerman verdict: - "I was in a bit of shock. I thought surely that [George Zimmerman] would be found guilty of second-degree murder, manslaughter at the least."(Photo: Joe Burbank-Pool/Getty Images)
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Wayne Brady on celebrity news: - “Why should I care about Kim Kardashian and Kanye’s baby? To be honest with you: I don’t give a damn… So I don’t read the tabloids because I don’t care about who bought what house and the, uh, love triangle and if you’ve gone down three dress sizes.” (Photo: Jason Merritt/Getty Images)
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Lil Wayne on pulling the flag-stomping moment from the video for “God Bless Amerika”: - "It was never my intention to desecrate the flag of the United States of America...” (Photo: Noel Vasquez/Getty Images)
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Mary Mary supporting Stevie Wonder’s boycott of Florida in the wake of the George Zimmerman verdict: - “We will stand with Stevie Wonder and [his] boycott [of] Florida until the Stand Your Ground law is changed.” (Photo: Larry Busacca/Getty Images For The Recording Academy)
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Kyle Massey on a horrible rumor: - "Overnight, it was trending on Twitter that I am dying of cancer. I want to say first, 'I do not have cancer,' and I don't know where this inconsiderate and insensitive rumor originated from." (Photo: Angela Weiss/Getty Images)
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Questlove on what the verdict in the George Zimmerman trial says to him: - "I don't know how to not internalize the overall message this whole Trayvon case has taught me: You ain't s***.” (Photo: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)
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Nas on receiving a Harvard Hip Hop Fellowship honor: - "I am immensely over-the-top excited about the Nasir Jones Hip Hop Fellowship at Harvard. From Queens, New York, to true cultural academia.” (Photo: Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images for Heineken)
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