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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More Diana Ross Quotes
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It has always been, and still is, my intention to build a playground in Central Park.
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If I’m with a man I’m soft and buttery.
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If we hold on together I know our dreams will never die Dreams see us through to forever Where clouds roll by For you and I.
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I have a lust for life.
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I think that if my voice for some reason changes – because your voice does change – then it’s time for me not to sing.
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I don’t like to have too many makeup artists around, so I always like to do my own.
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A reporter once asked me if I ever cried. I wonder if people think I’m just as hard as a rock and have no emotions at all.
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I even thought of adopting a child as a single mother.
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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 would like to enjoy my life a little bit more so I can really have more fun, but my work is my fun.
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I don’t have to sit around and wait for the next movie to come along, I can go out and sing.
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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.
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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 learned something from that. If someone asks me something that I really don’t want to do, I say no. I have to trust that. And I’m not afraid to talk money.
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One thing you cannot control is nature.
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I don’t know what my life would have been like if I’d never gotten into show business.
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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’m a parent, and I try to take care of my health and keep my life in order. In the last few years I’ve really had to decide what’s important to me, and it seems to me that my family and my health are top on the list. And those have nothing to do with show business.
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I want an autobiography without revealing any personal information.
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My children come first and the career comes in around that.
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You can always tell where Diana Ross has been by the hair that’s left behind!
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I really don’t think that Detroit was any different than New York of Boston or Philadelphia. Kids always wanted to listen to music outside because that’s where they hung out with their friends.
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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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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 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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Discipline is a necessary tool to help you get what you want in life. It forces you to stay on center and to move away from the things that are not necessary.
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