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" 'Ebony''s Power 100 list highlights African-Americans who exemplify brilliance in the fields of entertainment, arts, business and others. "
Linda Johnson Rice
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" It is a sign of my mother's determination, confidence, and creativity that more than 50 years after launching the renowned Ebony Fashion Fair show, her timeless sense of style endures as a guidepost for today's fashion-loving women. "
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Today
Style
Confidence
" It was the Cosby family on the cover, but overlaid on that, it appeared to be a shattered glass. So it really wasn't just about the shattering of the Huxtables: it was really a shattering of the black family. And it was a question about that and where do we stand on that. "
Linda Johnson Rice
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" My family has always made Chicago our home, and I care deeply about the values our company has espoused for decades. "
Linda Johnson Rice
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Our
Family
" I am struck by the memories of all of the fantastic Links ladies who worked so hard to host the Ebony Fashion Fair shows. "
Linda Johnson Rice
Memories
I Am
Fashion
" I don't know about you, but I've never been able to go into a store and buy a pair of jeans off the rack that fit perfectly. "
Linda Johnson Rice
You
Go
Jeans
" I would describe my mother as a steel magnolia. She was very intelligent, very persuasive. "
Linda Johnson Rice
Steel
Mother
Would
" You should never walk out of the house and not feel good about you. "
Linda Johnson Rice
Walk
House
Good
" In regards to black people, we have a treasure trove of information that nobody else really has. "
Linda Johnson Rice
People
Treasure
Information
" Yves Saint Laurent has a special place in my heart because he was my mother's favorite designer. "
Linda Johnson Rice
Place
Mother
Because
" I'm an outgoing person. Once my parents passed away, it was just my daughter and myself. So, really, my friends are my family. "
Linda Johnson Rice
Away
Myself
Family
" They couldn't have a little kid occupying an important spot on the front row, so I sat in the back where all the models changed clothes. I remember vividly the rustling and the rush of the fabrics of the clothes and the swoosh of textures and color as they went by. I was in the back, but I had a front-row seat, in my opinion. "
Linda Johnson Rice
Color
Remember
Back
" You have to stay current to compete. "
Linda Johnson Rice
Compete
Stay
You
" We're in the media business. We're in the beauty business. "
Linda Johnson Rice
Media
Beauty
Business
" I think somebody's got to be cutting-edge. It just depends how you want to market your magazines and how big you want them to be. We look upon competition as what it is. It's there, you pay attention to it, but you don't live by it. You have to go on and grind it out day to day and do the best you can with your magazine every single day. "
Linda Johnson Rice
Day
You
Live
" I've been riding since I was seven. If I were a horse, I would want an Hermes halter. "
Linda Johnson Rice
Want
Seven
Riding
" My father's legacy is bigger than a building. It really is a tremendous business that he's built. "
Linda Johnson Rice
Building
Than
Business
" My father is the CEO, and there's no question he is my boss. But we work very much in tandem. "
Linda Johnson Rice
Question
Boss
Father
" We're the curator for the African-American experience for the past, present and future. That's my job. "
Linda Johnson Rice
Job
Future
Experience
" We're expanding 'Ebony' and 'Jet' on the digital side to attract and maintain a younger audience. "
Linda Johnson Rice
Audience
Attract
Digital
" The stories of accomplishments, achievements, challenges, problems, issues, concerns pass down through history, and those are things you take with you in your personal life wherever you go. "
Linda Johnson Rice
Problems
History
Life
" We understand our audience. We write to the things that concern our audience. At one point, it was civil rights. You know, during the '50s and '60s, we were at the forefront. "
Linda Johnson Rice
Rights
Understand
You
" Almost 63 years ago, my father, John Johnson, named the publication 'Jet' because, as he said in the first issue, 'In the world today, everything is moving faster. There is more news and far less time to read it.' He could not have spoken truer words. We are not saying goodbye to 'Jet'; we are embracing the future as my father did in 1951. "
Linda Johnson Rice
Words
Today
Time
" More black women are in the professional-managerial field, and they don't want to look like the guys sitting next to them in pinstriped suits. "
Linda Johnson Rice
Women
Want
Suits
" The key is to service a market that has not been serviced to its full potential. "
Linda Johnson Rice
Service
Been
Key
" I went to USC in L.A. Part of me is a real West Coast kid. My parents had a house in Palm Springs, which I now have. I spend a lot of time there. "
Linda Johnson Rice
House
Parents
Time
" We're not trying to push the real provocative edge. "
Linda Johnson Rice
Provocative
Real
Trying
" There's nothing you can't wear. There's nothing you can't do. "
Linda Johnson Rice
Wear
You
Nothing
" We like to keep it short. If a story warrants more in-depth coverage, we will do it. "
Linda Johnson Rice
Story
Short
Will
" We have to tell our story at 'Ebony' and 'Jet' like no one else can. We have the authenticity; we have the believability. And I think that's what we have to own. "
Linda Johnson Rice
Think
Tell
Story
" We know in our hearts that none of us get ahead when some of us are stuck with second-class status. "
Linda Johnson Rice
Know
Ahead
Hearts