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All Quotes by author - Diana Ross

" Being a parent is very important to me. "

" 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 . "

" Icon. What is an icon? When someone is iconic it means they have established a certain kind of legacy possibly, and I think it does come with time. It's something in the arts, I feel. Maybe not, maybe it doesn't have to be in the arts exactly. I'm not really sure. But I don't think you are born an icon. "

" I don't get fat, I get skinny. "

" I don't have to sit around and wait for the next movie to come along, I can go out and sing. "

" 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. "

" I don't think getting in and out of a limousine has anything to do with being an icon. "

" I'd traveled a lot, was going temporarily insane and became very successful, but there was no one to take that all home to. "

" I even thought of adopting a child as a single mother. "

" If I have someone who believes in me, I can move mountains. "

" If I'm with a man I'm soft and buttery. "

" I have never gotten into the label thing. "

" 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. "

" I just appreciate still having the longevity that I've had in my career. "

" I keep a great organiser, I try to keep my priorities in the right place. "

" I know that my fans want to know who I'm sleeping with, but it's really none of their business. "

" 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. "

" I listen to most everything that's out there because I need to stay aware of what's happening in the industry. "

" I look forward to the future - and going into the studio to make new music. "

" I'm a dreamer. "

" I majored in fashion design in school, and I have always wanted to design my own line of clothing, jewelry, and stuff like that; so this was just a step for me in that direction. "

" 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. "

" I'm not really a songwriter - I'm an interpreter. So in a sense I am an actress first and foremost. I act out the songs, and I lead with my heart. "

" 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. "

" It has always been, and still is, my intention to build a playground in Central Park. "

" I think a responsibility comes with notoriety, but I never think of it as power. It's more like something you hold, like grains of sand. If you keep your hand closed, you can have it and possess it, but if you open your fingers in any way, you can lose it just as quickly. "

" I think that if my voice for some reason changes - because your voice does change - then it's time for me not to sing. "

" 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. "

" It's the first time I have returned to my roots - like going back to be a trio. The fans really wanted me to go back on stage and do the Supremes music, so I went about trying to make it happen. We'll go on tour in the summer. "

" It takes a long time to get to be a diva. I mean, you gotta work at it. "

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