I have never gotten into the label thing.
DIANA ROSSDiscipline 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.
More Diana Ross Quotes
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You can have a lot of New York and still see what’s going on in the rest of the world, I think – like in China.
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I learned something from that. If someone asks me something that I really don’t want to do, I say no. I have to trust that. And I’m not afraid to talk money.
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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.
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I really don’t think that Detroit was any different than New York of Boston or Philadelphia. Kids always wanted to listen to music outside because that’s where they hung out with their friends.
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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 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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Hair has always been important.
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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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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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I was brought up in this part of Detroit that they used to call the ghetto.
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I’ve never been damaged or hurt by press. It’s just that I think it’s unfair to use your name in media.
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My father worked hard, but we were still very poor; and I didn’t want anybody arguing about money, so I became the entertainer, the one who wanted everyone to be happy. I didn’t want there to be any problems.
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I keep a great organiser, I try to keep my priorities in the right place.
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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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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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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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My travels led me to where I am today. Sometimes these steps have felt painful, difficult, but led me to greater happiness and opportunities.
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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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It has always been, and still is, my intention to build a playground in Central Park.
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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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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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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 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 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 jog and I roller-skate. I dance – that’s the best exercise.
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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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