I was brought up in this part of Detroit that they used to call the ghetto.
DIANA ROSSMost people are so hard to please that if they met God, they’d probably say yes, she’s great, but.
More Diana Ross Quotes
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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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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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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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Hair has always been important.
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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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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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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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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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I look forward to the future – and going into the studio to make new music.
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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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I don’t think getting in and out of a limousine has anything to do with being an icon.
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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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If I’m with a man I’m soft and buttery.
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A reporter once asked me if I ever cried. I wonder if people think I’m just as hard as a rock and have no emotions at all.
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