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" We are getting an education of a lifetime. We're actually out there in the real world. "

Solange Knowles

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" Once I had my son, I stopped shopping in stores because it's not an easy process to try on clothes - and I'm not an impulsive buyer. I need to do the dance in front of the mirror, the whole nine yards. "

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" Both my parents are first-generation success stories. "

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" Fashion is a strange world sometimes. Amazing, but strange. "

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" I think it's really important for every mother to find their own way. "

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" A lot of people don't know me as an artist. "

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" I have a father who was the first black student at his junior high and high school and had to do a lot to get to that point. "

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" Opening Ceremony is my number one favorite place to shop here. It's the only place I'll shop in New York with my son. All of the sales people are so cool; the music is great; it's just like a big fun house, so he stays entertained. "

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" In any relationship, there's gonna be conflict. "

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" I wear short shorts. After 10 years of strenuous ballet, it's the least my legs can do for me. "

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" I'm a lot more interested in style than fashion - style is what makes us who we are. "

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" It's so sad, actually, how teachers and parents tell their kids, 'You're never gonna be anything.' "

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" I'd rather be the cool aunt than the authoritative aunt. "

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" I'd rather live in the U.S. than Europe. "

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" I think that some people get wrapped up in their own egos. They need to see certain album sales and certain monuments. "

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" Dubai's a pretty powerful place. "

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" My beauty ethos? Well, I'd love to tell you it's something like 'less is more,' but honestly, it all starts with happiness. If only someone could bottle that up - when I'm happy, I'm at my most radiant and glowing. It does me better than any product ever could. And I stand by how cheesy and cliched that sounds. "

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" It's really special to have a niece because I have a son, so I get to have a little girl, too. "

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" It's always been my dream to look like Mariah Carey in my photos with a microphone. I don't know how she does it. When she sings, she looks perfect. "

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" If I have on a bright red lip, you'll rarely ever catch me with eyeshadow on. It's one or the other for me - pick one feature for the day and really focus on that. "

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" There are a lot of historical lofts in Houston, and it's amazing for me that a lot of them were built in the 1920s. I love the exposed bricks and the very industrial stuff. "

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" I'm such a Southern girl. "

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" If I had to define 'sexy' now, as Disney as it sounds, I would have to say it's about complete and utter confidence. "

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" Mainstream media tends to showcase a very specific kind of Mardi Gras, but my experience of Mardi Gras is very different; it's very cultural. "

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" The Hadley Street Dream is a tribute to making a vision come to life. My father built a compound on a dessert city block, he saw something in that space we couldn't see. It was years later the album was born right there on Hadley St. He built the studio I started recording the album at. "

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