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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. "
Diana Ross
People
Try
My Life
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" 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. "
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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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" 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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Take
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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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Me
Because
" I'm a dreamer. "
Diana Ross
Dreamer
" When we first began, we didn't have any hits. "
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Began
Hits
Any
" I don't think getting in and out of a limousine has anything to do with being an icon. "
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Being
Out
Think
" You see, I've never really studied acting. "
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Acting
You
Studied
" 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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Color
Judge
Black
" 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. "
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Me
Own
School
" I was brought up in this part of Detroit that they used to call the ghetto. "
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Up
Part
Ghetto
" It takes a long time to get to be a diva. I mean, you gotta work at it. "
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You
Long
Long Time
" 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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Today
Happiness
Sometimes
" I listen to most everything that's out there because I need to stay aware of what's happening in the industry. "
Diana Ross
Listen
Everything
Because
" I even thought of adopting a child as a single mother. "
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Even
Child
Thought
" You can't just sit there and wait for people to give you that golden dream. You've got to get out there and make it happen for yourself. "
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People
Yourself
Dream
" 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. "
Diana Ross
People
Thoughts
World
" With the Supremes I made so much money so fast all I wanted to do was buy clothes and pretty things. Now I'm comfortable with money and it's comfortable with me. "
Diana Ross
Clothes
Money
Me
" I don't get fat, I get skinny. "
Diana Ross
Fat
Get
Skinny
" I look forward to the future - and going into the studio to make new music. "
Diana Ross
Going
Music
Look
" It has always been, and still is, my intention to build a playground in Central Park. "
Diana Ross
Build
Intention
Central Park
" I want an autobiography without revealing any personal information. "
Diana Ross
Personal
Without
Want
" 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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Money
Happy
Father
" You know, you do need mentors, but in the end, you really just need to believe in yourself. "
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End
Believe In Yourself
Know
" 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. "
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Make It Happen
Roots
Music
" No, nothing really upsets me. "
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Really
Nothing
Me
" 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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Money
Say
Someone
" I have never gotten into the label thing. "
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Thing
Gotten
Never
" 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. "
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Time
Think
Feel
" 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
My Life
Health
Family