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.

Diana Ross

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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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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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Tools
It has always been, and still is, my intention to build a playground in Central Park.
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Intention Park
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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Books
Take a little time out of your busy day to give encouragement to someone who’s lost their way.

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Take a little time out of your busy day to give encouragement to someone who’s lost their way.
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Compassionate Day Way
I don’t know what my life would have been like if I’d never gotten into show business.

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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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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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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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Industry Listening
I jog and I roller-skate. I dance – that’s the best exercise.

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I jog and I roller-skate. I dance – that’s the best exercise.
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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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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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If I’m with a man I’m soft and buttery.
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Behavior
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.
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Clothing
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 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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You can always tell where Diana Ross has been by the hair that’s left behind!

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You can always tell where Diana Ross has been by the hair that’s left behind!
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Hairs
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 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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Intention
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’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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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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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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Train
If I have someone who believes in me, I can move mountains.

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If I have someone who believes in me, I can move mountains.
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Move

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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