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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.

Diana Ross

My name, Diana Ross, is my name and nobody should be able to use that for exploitative purposes but me.
DIANA ROSS

Myself Name Purpose Right
People can take your name and write a book about you and they make money off of it. How is the public supposed to know you’re not authorizing that book? As soon as you make a big stink about it it only makes the book sell more.
DIANA ROSS

Book Name People Sales Writing Yourself
Most people are so hard to please that if they met God, they’d probably say yes, she’s great, but.
DIANA ROSS

God Greatness Herself People
I majored in fashion design in school, and I have always wanted to design my own line of clothing, jewelry, and stuff like that; so this was just a step for me in that direction.
DIANA ROSS

Clothing Design Direction Myself
If I have someone who believes in me, I can move mountains.
DIANA ROSS

Believe Friendship Inspirational Mountain Move Myself
My life has often been described as ‘from rags to riches’ but in fact, the Ross’s were never raggedy.
DIANA ROSS

Fact Life Myself Tragedy
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.
DIANA ROSS

Finding Hard Independence Love Man Myself Strong
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.
DIANA ROSS

Money Myself Old Presentation Thinking Time
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.
DIANA ROSS

Cry Emotion Myself People Wonder
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 ROSS

Death Intention Live Myself Story
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.
DIANA ROSS

Media Myself Possible Thinking World
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.
DIANA ROSS

Comfortable Fast Money Myself
I am in prayer for his kids and the family.
DIANA ROSS

Children Family Myself Prayer
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.
DIANA ROSS

Heart Life Myself Selection Thinking Try
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.
DIANA ROSS

Act Heart Myself Song Writing
I was brought up in this part of Detroit that they used to call the ghetto.
DIANA ROSS

Born Childhood Myself Place
I’ve never been damaged or hurt by press. It’s just that I think it’s unfair to use your name in media.
DIANA ROSS

Damage Hurt Media Myself Thinking Unfair
When I’m working I actually forget to eat. I don’t eat sweets because I don’t care about them. I have no real secrets. I just realize that as I get older I should stay strong so I exercise more.
DIANA ROSS

Forget Myself Reality Secret Strong Work
My travels led me to where I am today. Sometimes these steps have felt painful, difficult, but led me to greater happiness and opportunities.
DIANA ROSS

Feeling Happiness Opportunity Time Travel
I have a lust for life.
DIANA ROSS

Life Lust One Liner
I don’t know what my life would have been like if I’d never gotten into show business.
DIANA ROSS

Business Life Myself Show
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.
DIANA ROSS

Carry Emotion Happiness Health Myself Worry
I just appreciate still having the longevity that I’ve had in my career.
DIANA ROSS

Appreciation Career Gratitude Myself
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.
DIANA ROSS

Color Discrimination Judge Myself People Person Skin
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.
DIANA ROSS

Interview Myself Responsibility Talk
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.
DIANA ROSS

Father Hard Myself Problem Work
I don’t have to sit around and wait for the next movie to come along, I can go out and sing.
DIANA ROSS

Movie Myself Sing

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