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" I keep a great organiser, I try to keep my priorities in the right place. "
Diana Ross
Great
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" 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 . "
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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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" I don't think getting in and out of a limousine has anything to do with being an icon. "
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" It has always been, and still is, my intention to build a playground in Central Park. "
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" It takes a long time to get to be a diva. I mean, you gotta work at it. "
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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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" You know, you do need mentors, but in the end, you really just need to believe in yourself. "
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" I'm a dreamer. "
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" I just appreciate still having the longevity that I've had in my career. "
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" I know that my fans want to know who I'm sleeping with, but it's really none of their business. "
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" You see, I've never really studied acting. "
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" 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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" Being a parent is very important to me. "
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" People don't know about the human part of me that really cares about the world. For instance, I don't know what I feel about wearing my furs anymore. I worked so hard to have a fur coat, and I don't want to wear it anymore because I'm so wrapped up in the animals. I have real deep thoughts about it because I care about the world and nature. "
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" I even thought of adopting a child as a single mother. "
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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 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. "
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" 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. "
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" When we first began, we didn't have any hits. "
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" I was looking at making a shift in my career. I've been so blessed I'd like to be able to give that back. If I could find young artists, young performers I can nurture to have a career I would really like that. "
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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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" 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 travels led me to where I am today. Sometimes these steps have felt painful, difficult, but led me to greater happiness and opportunites. "
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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 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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" 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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