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" 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. "
Diana Ross
People
Yourself
Dream
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" If I have someone who believes in me, I can move mountains. "
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" I'm a dreamer. "
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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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Try
My Life
" It has always been, and still is, my intention to build a playground in Central Park. "
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Build
Intention
Central Park
" I don't get fat, I get skinny. "
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Fat
Get
Skinny
" 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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Hurt
Criticism
Move On
" I just appreciate still having the longevity that I've had in my career. "
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Longevity
Appreciate
Career
" I don't have to sit around and wait for the next movie to come along, I can go out and sing. "
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Wait
Sit
Along
" I listen to most everything that's out there because I need to stay aware of what's happening in the industry. "
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Listen
Everything
Because
" My life has often been described as 'from rags to riches,' but in fact, the Rosses were never raggedy. "
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Been
Riches
Fact
" 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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Love
Strength
Me
" I was brought up in this part of Detroit that they used to call the ghetto. "
Diana Ross
Up
Part
Ghetto
" 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
" 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
" Being a parent is very important to me. "
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Important
Me
Parent
" If I'm with a man I'm soft and buttery. "
Diana Ross
Man
Soft
" 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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Past
Need
Myself
" 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
Feel
" 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
" 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
" 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
" 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. "
Diana Ross
Money
Say
Someone
" My family called me a wiggle tail because I was a little skinny, wiry kid full of energy. "
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Kid
Me
Because
" When we first began, we didn't have any hits. "
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Began
Hits
Any
" 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
" I keep a great organiser, I try to keep my priorities in the right place. "
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Great
Try
Right
" 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
" 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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Better
Stand
Important
" 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
" 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. "
Diana Ross
Color
Judge
Black