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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.

Diana Ross

Being a parent is very important to me.
DIANA ROSS

Important Myself Parents
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.
DIANA ROSS

Death Intention Live Myself Story
I just appreciate still having the longevity that I’ve had in my career.
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Appreciation Career Gratitude Myself
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.
DIANA ROSS

Better Career Daughter Feeling Freedom Learning Myself Proud
The first time I heard a Billie Holiday record, I thought, ‘What’s so great about Billie Holiday?’
DIANA ROSS

Greatness Myself Record Time
I even thought of adopting a child as a single mother.
DIANA ROSS

Adoption Children Mom Myself
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.
DIANA ROSS

Care Consume Myself Vacation Work
I look forward to the future – and going into the studio to make new music.
DIANA ROSS

Future Music Myself Studio
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.
DIANA ROSS

Interview Myself Responsibility Talk
I don’t know what my life would have been like if I’d never gotten into show business.
DIANA ROSS

Business Life Myself Show
My life has often been described as ‘from rags to riches’ but in fact, the Ross’s were never raggedy.
DIANA ROSS

Fact Life Myself Tragedy
I am in prayer for his kids and the family.
DIANA ROSS

Children Family Myself Prayer
Take a little time out of your busy day to give encouragement to someone who’s lost their way.
DIANA ROSS

Compassionate Day Encouragement Kindness Lost Time Way
My children come first and the career comes in around that.
DIANA ROSS

Career Children Myself
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.
DIANA ROSS

Money Myself Old Presentation Thinking Time
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

Article Criticism Hold Hurt Ignorance Move Myself
My name, Diana Ross, is my name and nobody should be able to use that for exploitative purposes but me.
DIANA ROSS

Myself Name Purpose Right
I don’t like to have too many makeup artists around, so I always like to do my own.
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Artist Make Up Myself
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.
DIANA ROSS

Book Name People Sales Writing Yourself
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.
DIANA ROSS

Business Care Decision Health Life Myself Order Parents
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.
DIANA ROSS

Finding Hard Independence Love Man Myself Strong
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.
DIANA ROSS

Heart Life Myself Selection Thinking Try
I’d traveled a lot, was going temporarily insane and became very successful, but there was no one to take that all home to.
DIANA ROSS

Home Insane Lonely Myself Success Travel
I was brought up in this part of Detroit that they used to call the ghetto.
DIANA ROSS

Born Childhood Myself Place
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.
DIANA ROSS

Carry Emotion Happiness Health Myself Worry
I’ve never been damaged or hurt by press. It’s just that I think it’s unfair to use your name in media.
DIANA ROSS

Damage Hurt Media Myself Thinking Unfair
I listen to most everything that’s out there because I need to stay aware of what’s happening in the industry.
DIANA ROSS

Industry Listening Myself Need Stay

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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