You know, you do need mentors, but in the end, you really just need to believe in yourself.
DIANA ROSSI can be a better me than anyone can.
More Diana Ross Quotes
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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 don’t judge people by their sexual orientation or the color of their skin, so I find it really hard to identify someone by saying that they’re a gay person or a black person or a Jewish person.
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My family called me a wiggle tail because I was a little skinny, wiry kid full of energy.
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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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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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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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If I have someone who believes in me, I can move mountains.
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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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I have never gotten into the label thing.
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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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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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I just appreciate still having the longevity that I’ve had in my career.
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All my gowns have trains on them. I make a train that goes on forever. I love long trains and then I stand there and twirl around and wrap myself up in it.
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I really think I want to live in a lot of places.I don’t want possessions to hold me down.
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I want to go Africa. I want to go to China. There are some places I want to go not to work, but to really explore and to see for my own education.
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