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Criticism, even when you try to ignore it, can hurt. I have cried over many articles written about me, but I move on and I don’t hold on to that.

Diana Ross

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 Design Direction Myself
I am in prayer for his kids and the family.
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Children Family Myself Prayer
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.
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Forget Myself Reality Secret Strong Work
It’s easier for me to sit with the producers and the writers and I give them my feelings and my thoughts and what I think I feel like singing about and then they go away and write it.
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Feeling Myself Production Thinking Writing
I want an autobiography without revealing any personal information.
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Autobiography Information Myself Personal Reveal
I don’t care about vacations. I go away and I come back real quick because I like my work. I really like my work to consume me.
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Care Consume Myself Vacation Work
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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Father Hard Myself Problem Work
My name, Diana Ross, is my name and nobody should be able to use that for exploitative purposes but me.
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Myself Name Purpose Right
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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Business Daughter Education Important Live Myself
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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Children Friendship Music Myself Thinking
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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Home Insane Lonely Myself Success Travel
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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Future Myself Need Past Sight Work Yourself
Being a parent is very important to me.
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Important Myself Parents
One thing you cannot control is nature.
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Control Nature One Liner
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 Fight Myself People Problem Writing
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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Forever Myself Stand Train
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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Determination Dreams Hard Work Inspirational People Yourself
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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Movie Myself Sing
It takes a long time to get to be a diva. I mean, you gotta work at it.
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Time Work Yourself
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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Interview Myself Responsibility Talk
I just appreciate still having the longevity that I’ve had in my career.
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Appreciation Career Gratitude Myself
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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Change Music Myself Old People Time
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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Enjoyment Fun Life Myself Work
I was brought up in this part of Detroit that they used to call the ghetto.
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Born Childhood Myself Place
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.
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Heart Life Myself Selection Thinking Try
I even thought of adopting a child as a single mother.
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Adoption Children Mom Myself
I can be a better me than anyone can.
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Be Yourself Better Myself Self Love

Criticism, even when you try to ignore it, can hurt. I have cried over many articles written about me, but I move on and I don’t hold on to that.

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Criticism, even when you try to ignore it, can hurt. I have cried over many articles written about me, but I move on and I don’t hold on to that.

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