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Diana Ross
March 26, 1944 -
Nationality: American
Category: Actress
Subcategory: American Actress

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.

   

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.

   

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.

    Topics: Show Business

If I have someone who believes in me, I can move mountains.

   

My family called me a wiggle tail because I was a little skinny, wiry kid full of energy.

   

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 .

   

You see, I've never really studied acting.

   

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.

   

My travels led me to where I am today. Sometimes these steps have felt painful, difficult, but led me to greater happiness and opportunites.

   

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.

   

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.

   

Just because I have my standards they think I'm a bitch.

   

I know that my fans want to know who I'm sleeping with, but it's really none of their business.

   

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.

   

I was brought up in this part of Detroit that they used to call the ghetto.

   

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.

   

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.

   

You know, you do need mentors, but in the end, you really just need to believe in yourself.

   

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.

   

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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