Diana Ross Quotes
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I don't think getting in and out of a limousine has anything to do with being an icon.
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If I'm with a man I'm soft and buttery.
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My problem is that people have been writing books about me.A lot of things that people write about you are incorrect, but you don't fight about it.
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I think a responsibility comes with notoriety, but I never think of it as power. It's more like something you hold, like grains of sand. If you keep your hand closed, you can have it and possess it, but if you open your fingers in any way, you can lose it just as quickly.
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If I do an interview, then I take full responsibility. I figure I'm not going to talk to anyone that I think is unethical anyway.
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My life has often been described as 'from rags to riches' but in fact, the Ross's were never raggedy.
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Being a parent is very important to me.
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I keep a great organiser, I try to keep my priorities in the right place.
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My travels led me to where I am today. Sometimes these steps have felt painful, difficult, but led me to greater happiness and opportunities.
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I always wanted to be a fashion designer and I learned costume illustration in high school. That was an incredible high school. It was more like a college. I'm moving more in that direction, just kind of merchandising my name.
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I want to live in Paris for a couple of years. I'm dying to do the Josephine Baker story. I really want to be there and do it. It's certainly my intention to do it.
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I have never gotten into the label thing.
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I spend too much money on my sets and my gowns. I think the presentation is important. I don't think people want to see the old show all the time.
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I'm not really a songwriter - I'm an interpreter. So in a sense I am an actress first and foremost. I act out the songs, and I lead with my heart.
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I have a lust for life.
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Instead of looking at the past, I put myself ahead twenty years and try to look at what I need to do now in order to get there then.
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I'm really lucky, I have my performing career so I can continue to do personal appearances. Most actors have to do a film. But I thought I would wait until I found something I really liked.A lot of my friends feel that I'm wrong to wait. They say I should have done My Bodyguard, but I don't think so. I think I've been right.
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They tell me that it will be hard to find a man strong enough to love my own strength and independence, and not worry about being Mr. Diana Ross, but I disagree. I know absolutely that that man is somewhere out there.