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Posted: 2006-04-07 10:07:15
Co-Owners of Simmons Jewelry Company Kimora Lee Simmons and her husband Russell Simmons appear at a news conference, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2006, in New York. They just returned from a 9-day fact finding mission to South Africa, Botswana and Mozambique researching how the diamond industry, in conjunction with Simmons Jewelry Company, can empower the lives of African people and communities where diamonds are a natural resource.
"The question is, do we want to be together 24 hours a day? We're making a space and taking some time, but we're best friends." -- Russell Simmons on Breaking Up With Kimora Lee With Whom He Shared a Bed the Night After the Breakup Announcement
"Her new hair-do makes her look like a ghetto slut, like an explosion at a Brillo pad factory, like Tina Turner peeing on an electric fence." -- Consevative Radio Talk Show Host Neal Boortz on Rep. Cynthia McKinney's 'Fro
"I am sorry that this misunderstanding happened at all and I regret its escalation, and I apologize. There should not have been any physical contact." -- Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-Ga.) on Her Brush With Capitol Hill Police
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"They like thick women, because they come over to our house at 3, 4 o'clock in the morning when they are done with the small girl because they want that fat love, baby."-- Actress Mo'Nique, Star of the New Movie 'Phat Girlz' on Black Men
It's absolutely my testimony, and I have no regrets there. -- 'American Idol' Contestant Mandisa Hundley responding to a reporter's suggestion that her choice of a religious song ('Praise You' by Mary Mary) Might Have Contributed to Her Early Elimination
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