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" If I'm with a man I'm soft and buttery. "
Diana Ross
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" My children come first and the career comes in around that. "
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" I have never gotten into the label thing. "
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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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" Being a parent is very important to me. "
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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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" I was brought up in this part of Detroit that they used to call the ghetto. "
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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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" One thing you cannot control is nature. "
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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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" It takes a long time to get to be a diva. I mean, you gotta work at it. "
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" 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. "
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" I even thought of adopting a child as a single mother. "
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" I keep a great organiser, I try to keep my priorities in the right place. "
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" No, nothing really upsets me. "
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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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" I don't get fat, I get skinny. "
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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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" 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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" 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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" I'm a dreamer. "
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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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" My life has often been described as 'from rags to riches,' but in fact, the Rosses were never raggedy. "
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" I just appreciate still having the longevity that I've had in my career. "
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" 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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" 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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" 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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" When we first began, we didn't have any hits. "
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