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You can have a lot of New York and still see what's going on in the rest of the world, I think - like in China.
Diana Ross
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Diana Ross
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: March 26
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Diana Ernestine Earle Ross
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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 was brought up in this part of Detroit that they used to call the ghetto.
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I'm crazy about Diane Von Furstenberg. It's a relationship that's very different I don't see Diane a lot. So when I saw the article in New York magazine she looked so beautiful and it was talking about her work, too. She set up the interview and it was happening. That's different than someone writing a book about you who you've never met.
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It seems like I don't have a lot of time for all the things I need to do. I'm spreading myself fairly thin. I have responsibilities to my children. I have a big staff that works for me. And when you have a staff, and I'm sure you know this, you're always concerned with everybody's life all the time.
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I have a lust for life.
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People can take your name and write a book about you and they make money off of it. How is the public supposed to know you're not authorizing that book? As soon as you make a big stink about it it only makes the book sell more.
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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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All of a sudden I feel more womanly, I feel like I got a figure. I was always really straight up and down, the skinny one in the middle, like that poster at Elaine's of the Supremes at Lincoln Center - it was done by Joe Eula. To me that's really a reflection of the way I was. I was just like a bean pole. Now I'm getting a few curves and I like it.
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I'm really lucky, I have my performing career so I can continue to do personal appearances. Most actors have to do a film. But I thought I would wait until I found something I really liked.A lot of my friends feel that I'm wrong to wait. They say I should have done My Bodyguard, but I don't think so. I think I've been right.
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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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My life has often been described as 'from rags to riches' but in fact, the Ross's were never raggedy.
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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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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'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 really, deeply believe that dreams do come true. Often, they might not come when you want them. They come in their own time.
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I can be a better me than anyone can.
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So every time I make a new circuit, a new time around, then I change the show. You can't change the songs people still want to hear Lady Sings the Blues and they still want to hear some of the oldies.
Diana Ross
My children come first and the career comes in around that.
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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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I would like to enjoy my life a little bit more so I can really have more fun, but my work is my fun.
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