I don’t think getting in and out of a limousine has anything to do with being an icon.
DIANA ROSSMy travels led me to where I am today. Sometimes these steps have felt painful, difficult, but led me to greater happiness and opportunities.
More Diana Ross Quotes
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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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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.
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I know that my fans want to know who I’m sleeping with, but it’s really none of their business.
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It has always been, and still is, my intention to build a playground in Central Park.
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My family called me a wiggle tail because I was a little skinny, wiry kid full of energy.
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I have three girls, and I say the same thing to them. I’m not involved in their careers because I’ve learned that it’s important for them to stand on their own two feet. They’ll feel better and prouder of themselves if they do.
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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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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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My name, Diana Ross, is my name and nobody should be able to use that for exploitative purposes but me.
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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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I really think I want to live in a lot of places.I don’t want possessions to hold me down.
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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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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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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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The first time I heard a Billie Holiday record, I thought, ‘What’s so great about Billie Holiday?’
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