Diana Ross Quotes
So I'm not worried about the emotions I carry with me, because I'm happy that I have them; I think it's good for the work I do. The emotions that are not healthy are the ones you hold inside, like anger.
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Do you know where you going to? Do you like the things that life is showing you? Where are you going to? Do you know?
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I don't know what I feel about wearing my furs anymore. I worked so hard to have a fur coat, and I don't want to wear it anymore because I'm so wrapped up in the animals. I have real deep thoughts about it because I care about the world and nature.
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The first time I heard a Billie Holiday record, I thought, 'What's so great about Billie Holiday?'
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I really, deeply believe that dreams do come true. Often, they might not come when you want them. They come in their own time.
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You can't just sit there and wait for people to give you that golden dream, you've got to get out there and make it happen yourself.
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Take a little time out of your busy day to give encouragement to someone who's lost their way.
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I have three girls, and I say the same thing to them. I'm not involved in their careers because I've learned that it's important for them to stand on their own two feet. They'll feel better and prouder of themselves if they do.
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My children come first and the career comes in around that.
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So every time I make a new circuit, a new time around, then I change the show. You can't change the songs; people still want to hear "Lady Sings the Blues" and they still want to hear some of the oldies.
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My name, Diana Ross, is my name and nobody should be able to use that for exploitative purposes but me.
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My father worked hard, but we were still very poor; and I didn't want anybody arguing about money, so I became the entertainer, the one who wanted everyone to be happy. I didn't want there to be any problems.
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I'm crazy about Diane Von Furstenberg. It's a relationship that's very different; I don't see Diane a lot. So when I saw the article in New York magazine she looked so beautiful and it was talking about her work, too. She set up the interview and it was happening. That's different than someone writing a book about you who you've never met.
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It tickles me, my daughter said that to me. She said, "Mommie, why is it that every time they say your name they put your age right behind it?"
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I just think Josephine Baker life story needs to be done. I think she was an extraordinary woman. To see someone who was basically a showgirl have the kind of lifestyle she had was extraordinary. I really think she made her own lifestyle.
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You can always tell where Diana Ross has been by the hair that's left behind!
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One thing you cannot control is nature.
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I can be a better me than anyone can.
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I try to choose the songs that really are basically coming from my heart. I think that through the songs that I select, people know what's going on in my life.
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I just appreciate still having the longevity that I've had in my career.
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It's easier for me to sit with the producers and the writers and I give them my feelings and my thoughts and what I think I feel like singing about and then they go away and write it.
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Either black people end up being the best in sports, or else it's show business. You know, we all got rhythm.
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With the Supremes I made so much money so fast all I wanted to do was buy clothes and pretty things. Now I'm comfortable with money and it's comfortable with me.
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You can have a lot of New York and still see what's going on in the rest of the world, I think - like in China.
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So I'm not worried about the emotions I carry with me, because I'm happy that I have them; I think it's good for the work I do. The emotions that are not healthy are the ones you hold inside, like anger.