"It would have to be a lady - I think, you know, a young lady. It would have to be a balance. For balance we need to have a woman vice president."

--SEAN "P. DIDDY" COMBS on who would be his running mate if he ran for president, quoted in the New York Daily News.

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"There was an amazing lack of sophistication. People asked for autographs - thinking I was Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton and Don King. I didn't care. I signed them."

--Rep. CHARLIE RANGEL, a Democrat, telling the New York Daily News about the reception he got at the Republican National Convention.

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"I've been fortunate enough to work with some legendary actors but hopefully I'll be able to carry a film with some hot young stud some day."