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 ROSSPeople 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.
More Diana Ross Quotes
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I don’t think getting in and out of a limousine has anything to do with being an icon.
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Do you know where you going to? Do you like the things that life is showing you? Where are you going to? Do you know?
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I jog and I roller-skate. I dance – that’s the best exercise.
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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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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 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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You know, you do need mentors, but in the end, you really just need to believe in yourself.
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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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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.
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If I have someone who believes in me, I can move mountains.
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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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Being a parent is very important to me.
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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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Take a little time out of your busy day to give encouragement to someone who’s lost their way.
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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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