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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. "
Diana Ross
Today
Happiness
Sometimes
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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. "
Diana Ross
Time
Think
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" No, nothing really upsets me. "
Diana Ross
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Nothing
Me
" I look forward to the future - and going into the studio to make new music. "
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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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Health
Family
" When we first began, we didn't have any hits. "
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Hits
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" It has always been, and still is, my intention to build a playground in Central Park. "
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Build
Intention
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" I want an autobiography without revealing any personal information. "
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Without
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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. "
Diana Ross
People
Thoughts
World
" Years ago I wanted to buy an apartment in New York City. I was a single female - I had gone through my divorce - I had three children, I was in show business and black. It was, like, impossible. "
Diana Ross
New York
City
New
" 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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Me
Work
Think
" I'd traveled a lot, was going temporarily insane and became very successful, but there was no one to take that all home to. "
Diana Ross
Traveled
Take
Successful
" 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 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. "
Diana Ross
You
Sand
Power
" One thing you cannot control is nature. "
Diana Ross
You
One Thing
Nature
" The first time I heard a Billie Holiday record, I thought, 'What's so great about Billie Holiday?' "
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Time
First
Great
" I know that my fans want to know who I'm sleeping with, but it's really none of their business. "
Diana Ross
Know
Fans
Want
" If I have someone who believes in me, I can move mountains. "
Diana Ross
Move
Someone
I Can
" 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
Love
Strength
Me
" You know, you do need mentors, but in the end, you really just need to believe in yourself. "
Diana Ross
End
Believe In Yourself
Know
" 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
" My family called me a wiggle tail because I was a little skinny, wiry kid full of energy. "
Diana Ross
Kid
Me
Because
" My life has often been described as 'from rags to riches,' but in fact, the Rosses were never raggedy. "
Diana Ross
Been
Riches
Fact
" 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
" My children come first and the career comes in around that. "
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Around
Career
Come
" 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
" If I'm with a man I'm soft and buttery. "
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Man
Soft
" 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. "
Diana Ross
Me
Own
School
" I even thought of adopting a child as a single mother. "
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Even
Child
Thought
" 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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I Can
Looking
Back
" I'm a dreamer. "
Diana Ross
Dreamer