Either black people end up being the best in sports, or else it’s show business. You know, we all got rhythm.
DIANA ROSSI 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.
More Diana Ross Quotes
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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.
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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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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.
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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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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.
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If I’m with a man I’m soft and buttery.
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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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I want an autobiography without revealing any personal information.
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Being a parent is very important to me.
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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 know that my fans want to know who I’m sleeping with, but it’s really none of their business.
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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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If I have someone who believes in me, I can move mountains.
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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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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.
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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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I really, deeply believe that dreams do come true. Often, they might not come when you want them. They come in their own time.
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I don’t like to have too many makeup artists around, so I always like to do my own.
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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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You know, you do need mentors, but in the end, you really just need to believe in yourself.
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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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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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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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I keep a great organiser, I try to keep my priorities in the right place.
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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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If we hold on together I know our dreams will never die Dreams see us through to forever Where clouds roll by For you and I.
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