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.
DIANA ROSSMy 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.
More Diana Ross Quotes
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What’s important for me is to give my daughters a well-rounded education and a mixture of people in their lives. They’ll make their own choices. I think they would be good in show business.
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I just appreciate still having the longevity that I’ve had in my career.
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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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If I’m with a man I’m soft and buttery.
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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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I am in prayer for his kids and the family.
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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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One thing you cannot control is nature.
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I listen to most everything that’s out there because I need to stay aware of what’s happening in the industry.
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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 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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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 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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I’d traveled a lot, was going temporarily insane and became very successful, but there was no one to take that all home to.
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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 for yourself.
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