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" We have to reach out to younger audiences. They need to see how they can see themselves as black women. "
Linda Johnson Rice
Black
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Out
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" We've been here so long. The history and richness runs so deep within the community. We own this. It's personal. It's very personal. "
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" I am delighted to resume the leadership of both companies. "
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" There's nothing you can't wear. There's nothing you can't do. "
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You
Nothing
" I'm not so sure we've influenced the general market. But I'm not sure we're trying to do that. "
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" I think you will find that a lot of young African-Americans are really searching for, 'Who am I?' and 'Where did I come from?' and 'What is my past?' "
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" Yves Saint Laurent has a special place in my heart because he was my mother's favorite designer. "
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" 'Ebony' is an integral part of my life, and I think it's very exciting to be able to help to move the brand forward. "
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Life
Think
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" I have always drawn strength from my late mother's life. When Eunice Johnson set up the first major fashion show for African-American audiences more than 50 years ago, she did so at a time when black Americans, especially black women, were still fighting for a seat at the table - any table. "
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" 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. "
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Day
You
Live
" The bitter might be just an initial reaction of, 'Oh my goodness, it's sold,' but not really understanding fully that I will be chairman emeritus of the new company, which is Ebony Media Operations. It is African-American led and owned, and I have a seat on the board, and I also have an equity position in the company, so I'm still there. "
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Goodness
Understanding
Company
" 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. "
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Color
Remember
Back
" 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
" JP Morgan Chase's investment in our firm is a logical outgrowth of our longstanding relationship. "
Linda Johnson Rice
Investment
Logical
Chase
" My family has always made Chicago our home, and I care deeply about the values our company has espoused for decades. "
Linda Johnson Rice
Chicago
Our
Family
" 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
" We know in our hearts that none of us get ahead when some of us are stuck with second-class status. "
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Know
Ahead
Hearts
" We're expanding 'Ebony' and 'Jet' on the digital side to attract and maintain a younger audience. "
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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. "
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Problems
History
Life
" The horse is my favorite animal. "
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Favorite
Horse
Animal
" We are going to do extensive market research because it is hard for black women to go into stores and get clothes that fit the way they should. "
Linda Johnson Rice
Way
Go
Clothes
" In light of the overall economic challenges that are affecting many, including our potential corporate sponsors, we have arrived at a most difficult decision to cancel Ebony Fashion Fair's fall 2009 season. "
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Fair
Light
Fall
" I've been riding since I was seven. If I were a horse, I would want an Hermes halter. "
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Want
Seven
Riding
" We kept everything: every major event that's happened to African-Americans since 1945, with 'Ebony' as a repository for all those photographs and as a voice for all that happened. "
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Kept
Everything
Event
" We're not trying to push the real provocative edge. "
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Provocative
Real
Trying
" You have to stay current to compete. "
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Compete
Stay
You
" 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. "
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House
Parents
Time
" We like to keep it short. If a story warrants more in-depth coverage, we will do it. "
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Story
Short
Will
" Along with my father, Mandela is my hero. "
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Mandela
Along
" In regards to black people, we have a treasure trove of information that nobody else really has. "
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People
Treasure
Information
" 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. "
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Today
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