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Semi-Incestuous Modern Family Crush Narrowly Avoided

“At first, I had a little mom crush on her but then I was like, ‘No,’ because she plays my mom every day. So I said, ‘I’ll scrap that idea.’†—Rico Rodriguez, who had a little crush on Sofia Vergara, who plays his mom on Modern Family [People]

“He was bigger than the Stones, which started at first to annoy me and then slowly enraged me.†—Keith Richards on his tenuous relationship with Mick Jagger in the eighties [BBC]

“I used to think that I could figure out some pattern to love, like if you don’t text a guy back for a half hour, he’ll like you more. But there is no pattern.†—Taylor Swift [Parade]

“I love that people are speculating about that. I love it. I’ve had friends and family e-mail me and ask me that question. I’ll say to you what I say to them, which is, I can’t tell you. But I love it.†—How I Met Your Mother co-creator Craig Thomas on not revealing the mystery behind the show [Show Tracker/LAT]

“It’s alien, all right? It’s not really our problem. And not everyone’s confused.†—Yo-Landi Vi$$er, of Die Antwoord, on the popularity and confusion surrounding the group [LAT]

“When we were in our old band and playing the Smell, a lot of our friends were kids making noise music. Just really loud, harsh noise stuff. I would always go see the shows, and I was really into it. And to me that was just so punk. It’s more punk than, like, punk rock music. It’s just anti-parent music.†—No Age’s Dean Spunt on what drew the band to noise-rock [Pitchfork]

Semi-Incestuous Modern Family Crush Narrowly Avoided