10 Best Celeb Quotes This Week

Friendly rivalry? Blake Shelton finds his life's purpose taunting Adam Levine. Plus, more from Miley Cyrus, Nicki Minaj and other stars

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"[It] makes me happy because I live to make him feel bad about himself."
– Blake Shelton, on his good-natured rivalry with fellow Voice judge Adam Levine, on the Today show

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"I was a lot more critical of my body when it was probably pretty awesome. It's like, why did I not ever wear jean shorts?"
– Jessica Alba, reflecting on her self-conscious past, to Health magazine

"You'll know this artist as Beyoncé-Z."
– Stephen Merchant, before launching into a choreographed lip-sync performance of the pop star's hit "Single Ladies," on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

"She doesn't use the last name."– Jimmy Fallon, correcting his British guest

"She doesn't use the last name? We weren't notified in England of that."
– Stephen Merchant, in response

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"Well you weren't so likable then. You weren't … You were a pest."
– Martha Stewart, on why the talk show host didn't win the 2005 reality show The Apprentice: Martha Stewart, on Bethenny

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"Now people expect me to come out and twerk with my tongue out all the time. I'll probably never do that s– again."
– Miley Cyrus, on retiring her infamous dance move, to Rolling Stone

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"If she is running, to your knowledge, blink twice."
– David Letterman, trying to get intel from former President Bill Clinton on wife Hillary's potential presidential run, on the Late Show with David Letterman

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"Amy Poehler and myself got together and decided that we've lost enough Emmys that we deserved to hold the right to throw a losers party."
– Jon Hamm, on the star-studded Emmys afterparty he co-hosted with the Parks and Recreation star, on Jimmy Kimmel Live!

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"This may be a little too much for me …"
– Nicki Minaj, on receiving two pairs of special Ellen-branded black thongs, on The Ellen DeGeneres Show

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"I mean, I was DJ'ing, but I was also pushing bags of weed; I was doing my work. I had to. I know that sounds corny, but this is the truth."
– Idris Elba, on his earlier struggles, to GQ

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"I haven't had a cigarette in 6 years ... that's because I'm scared of my wife."
– President Barack Obama, on why he stopped smoking, to an attendee at the UN General Assembly meeting

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