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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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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.
DIANA ROSS

Father Hard Myself Problem Work
So every time I make a new circuit, a new time around, then I change the show. You can’t change the songs; people still want to hear “Lady Sings the Blues” and they still want to hear some of the oldies.
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Change Music Myself Old People Time
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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Believe Dreams Myself Time
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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Media Myself Possible Thinking World
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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Children Friendship Music Myself Thinking
I can be a better me than anyone can.
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Be Yourself Better Myself Self Love
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
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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Book Name People Sales Writing Yourself
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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Enjoyment Fun Life Myself Work
I have never gotten into the label thing.
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Label Myself
The first time I heard a Billie Holiday record, I thought, ‘What’s so great about Billie Holiday?’
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Greatness Myself Record Time
I don’t think getting in and out of a limousine has anything to do with being an icon.
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Myself Role Model Thinking
I look forward to the future – and going into the studio to make new music.
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Future Music Myself Studio
I was brought up in this part of Detroit that they used to call the ghetto.
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Born Childhood Myself Place
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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Movie Myself Sing
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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Future Myself Need Past Sight Work Yourself
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 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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Better Career Daughter Feeling Freedom Learning Myself Proud
I jog and I roller-skate. I dance – that’s the best exercise.
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Dance Exercise Myself
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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Hold Live Myself Place Possession Thinking
I’d traveled a lot, was going temporarily insane and became very successful, but there was no one to take that all home to.
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Home Insane Lonely Myself Success Travel
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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Carry Emotion Happiness Health Myself Worry
My children come first and the career comes in around that.
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Career Children 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.
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Care Consume Myself Vacation Work
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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Heart Life Myself Selection Thinking Try
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 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.
DIANA ROSS

Afraid Learning Money Myself Talk Trust

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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