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My life has often been described as 'from rags to riches,' but in fact, the Rosses were never raggedy.


Diana Ross

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My life has been sensationalised into a rags to riches story.
JONATHAN RHYS MEYERS Well, that's baseball. Rags to riches one day and riches to rags the next. But I've been in it thirt...
CASEY STENGEL Who's more important than Diana Ross?
DON CORNELIUS Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill
JUDE WATSON You can always tell where Diana Ross has been by the hair that's left behind!
DIANA ROSS When we talk about my music, it's a cross between Tina Turner, Alanis Morrisette, and Diana Ross...
WYNTER GORDON It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill
JUDE WATSON My ultimate beauty icon is Diana Ross.
SOLANGE KNOWLES It SMELLS ancient," - Dan Cahill
JUDE WATSON Palm trees were fanned by a warm, light breeze, and they rolled down their windows to smell the sea.
JUDE WATSON I love a lot of the '70s singers: Pam Grier from the 'Foxy Brown' movie, Diana Ross, Tin...
JILLIAN HERVEY There were many stars in Motown's firmament - among them, Stevie, Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson, ...
JON LANDAU I'm extremely blessed to have the extraordinary mother that I have, and I don't mean Diana R...
TRACEE ELLIS ROSS Stevie Wonder and Diana Ross and the Jackson 5, that's what I grew up on.
MADONNA CICCONE My earliest influence was Quincy Jones. I thought 'The Wiz' soundtrack was the most amazing ...
JILL SCOTT I never had a single conversation about politics with Ross Perot in my life; still haven't.
JAMES STOCKDALE It is not the fact that a person has riches that keeps them from heaven, but the fact that riches ha...
DR. CAIRD I would love to do a biopic of a famous singer, like Diana Ross or Donna Summer, or an old jazz stor...
TARAJI P. HENSON I couldn't adjust to the racism in Florida. It was so blatant... I had never been so described a...
SIDNEY POITIER Let's head out to the ruins." - Dan Cahill
ROLAND SMITH People are complaining of having rags and not riches, but I find it a blessing just to have rags, to...
ANTHONY LICCIONE I can tell you that you will have your hearts broken more by the people you love than by the people ...
MARGARET PETERSON HADDIX Adam had once told Gansey, "Rags to riches isn't a story anyone wants to hear until after it's done.
MAGGIE STIEFVATER She is always going to be Diana Ross; she doesn't have to put out another album to keep at it. I...
GLOZELL Well Brooke, I've always liked her, and when I was little I used to stay with Diana Ross, me and...
MICHAEL JACKSON I've always idolized Diana Ross's hair. Why not have fun, big curls? You see the same sleek ...
JILLIAN HERVEY James Taylor may be an all-American boy but he isn't Horatio Alger, and the lionizing of many ro...
JON LANDAU I was the epitome of rags to riches.
JASON MITCHELL I was on tour with Michael Jackson for a while; I did the 'Dangerous' and 'History' ...
CRIS JUDD I had an amazing childhood and always loved to sing and dance, but there were moments where I had up...
JESSIE J I'd been to a number of war zones before in my life, but I had never been in one as terrifying a...
SCOTT ANDERSON I don't come from a position that I am better than everybody; I come from a position that I had ...
ANDRE WARD I've never been fired in my life. From anything. I've never failed at anything I've trie...
TOM FRESTON A man never apologizes for the fact that he has to work. He might say, 'Hey, I am so sorry my ho...
RANEY ARONSON-RATH I have been described as the grandfather of climate change. In fact, I am just a grandfather and I d...
JAMES HANSEN Words originating from the verb 'to die' were frequently used when I described my initial pl...
ADA YONATH It's a fine line. If you withhold too much, you come across as wooden - as I've often been d...
SAM WORTHINGTON My father Philip was an actor and appeared in everything from 'The Onedin Line' to 'Hedd...
SAMANTHA BOND I am extremely proud of my rags-to-riches story. It's fun to be a misfit or an underdog if you a...
KANGANA RANAUT I have never described the time I was in Doctor Who as anything except a kind of ecstatic success, b...
TOM BAKER My life has never been easy. It's like all the major events of my life have always been difficul...
FLORENCE HENDERSON I've always told the truth. I've often been wrong - but I've never knowingly lied. Not i...
KEN LIVINGSTONE I think that I sound a lot better than Diana Ross.
NATALIE COLE There's no recreating what Michael Jackson and Diana Ross did in 'The Wiz'. We're tr...
NE-YO Too often in my life, love has been defined as "humiliation with occasional roses".
DEB CALETTI I'm pretty nice. I'm far from an ax murderer. I've never been mean to anyone in my life.
ELIZABETH HURLEY The national treasure that is Diana Ross is a dim light compared with who she is as a mother. My mom...
TRACEE ELLIS ROSS Often in the past, there have been authors that were deeply disappointed in their adaptation, but th...
LOIS LOWRY When we speak the word 'life,' it must be understood we are not referring to life as we know...
ANTONIN ARTAUD I've certainly had to go through trying to change the fact that I was always identified as the w...
FAITH EVANS About f-f-ace!" she said to the horse, flailing with her boots. "Into the barn, please. It's time fo...
PETER LERANGIS You see?" Damien leaned over his desk and spread out half a dozen charcoal sketches. "These are only...
RICK RIORDAN Phil Ramone is very special. Barbra Streisand or Diana Ross... they are the best.
GIORGIO MORODER From recovery to rags and rags to recovery symbolizes art - a perfect compilation of human imperfect...
CRISS JAMI Diana Ross saw me on Merv Griffin and hired me to be her opening act.
HOWIE MANDEL I've never been fired in my life.
KARA DIOGUARDI Your incredible brain can take you from rags to riches, from loneliness to popularity and from depre...
BRIAN TRACY Within 18 months of my parents' marriage in 1900, my mother fell in love with an Englishman who ...
PAUL MELLON 'In Memoriam' has been my companion for all my grownup life.
A. N. WILSON It has been rumoured that I was the brains of the robbery, but that was totally incorrect. I've ...
RONALD BIGGS My mother Diana was a true-blue aristocrat, descended from William the Conqueror and listed in '...
CELIA IMRIE 'A Christmas Carol' has been described as the most perfect of Dickens's works and as a q...
CLAIRE TOMALIN I've never been able to plan my life. I just lurch from indecision to indecision.
ALAN RICKMAN These are women who, when I was growing up, made a difference for me, ... The first time I saw Diana...
OPRAH WINFREY I'm a team player. But I will say that I've never been a 'yes man' in my life.
STEVE SOUTHERLAND You have available to you, right now, a powerful supercomputer. This powerful tool has been used thr...
BRIAN TRACY I've made no secret of the fact that I often wear wigs and have in fact launched my own 'Dyn...
JOAN COLLINS My life has been the antithesis of that book 'The Secret'. I've always been interested i...
AARON STANFORD With the '60s era and Motown, my grandparents actually introduced us to that when I was younger,...
JORDIN SPARKS My first novel, 'You Lost Me There,' has been described as a beach read. Tough bracket, beac...
ROSECRANS BALDWIN I don't believe in God in the way I often see described by religion.
BENNETT MILLER What's funny is that the idea of popularity - even the use of the word 'popular' - is so...
SUSAN ORLEAN One day. I was putting on a hill in Zurich, and a few hundred yards away, Diana Ross was doing a sou...
GIORGIO MORODER It's been totally patriotic. Anything from Uncle Sam to Betsy Ross to the Statue of Liberty has been...
GREGG KERNS I've often cringed when I heard myself described as a jazz singer. I've always thought of my...
CASSANDRA WILSON It is terrific for us as Ross has been a great servant.
CHARLIE CHRISTIE I really do love Diana Ross; I grew up listening to her records. I grew up in a little town in Mexic...
SALMA HAYEK I've never been mugged, never really experienced street fear. In fact, I'm the one who gets ...
JODIE WHITTAKER I've got a few ideas," (Amy) admitted. "But I don't know where we're going in the long term. I mean ...
RICK RIORDAN I've always been on the side of science that tries to help man. I play an active part with the f...
ANDREA BOCELLI My life has never been defined as Roland Martin, CNN; Roland Martin, TVOne; or Roland Martin, 'T...
ROLAND MARTIN Lauren Conrad has been described as one of the first people to significantly benefit from the popula...
FABRIZIO MOREIRA I've never been to a shrink. But my parents were very psychologically literate - my father had u...
TOBY YOUNG The acquisition of riches has been to many not an end to their miseries, but a change in them: The f...
SENECA (SENECA THE ELDER) The acquisition of riches has been to many not an end to their miseries, but a change in them: The f...
SENECA When you align yourself with God's purpose as described in the Scriptures, something special hap...
BONO I remember being described often as 'the horrifically ugly Jack McCall,' and I kept thinking...
GARRETT DILLAHUNT My world has been quite rich in my life, and I've been happy. I've no regrets.
ALEXIS WRIGHT I have never played the lottery in my life and never will. Voltaire described lotteries as a tax on ...
DANIEL TAMMET The manuscript was only known from a brief description in a catalogue in 1890 and it has never befor...
STEPHEN ROE I've never seen anything so abhorrent in my life as Harry Reid. He's an equal opportunity ba...
DANA PERINO Golf has been such a gift in my life, and I've enjoyed it so much and enjoyed lots of wonderful ...
CHERYL LADD Reese Witherspoon is as cute as a button on Raggedy Ann's overalls, but irresistible raw sex app...
ROGER EBERT It has been hard for me in a sense because from an industry point of view - I don't care if I...
OLLY MURS After I was assaulted in Egypt, I learned fear. I've just never been so scared in my life. I'...
LARA LOGAN I've never been with women, because I'm celibate, as ordered by God, as if I were in a monas...
JUSTO GALLEGO I've been so showered in life, beyond my wildest dreams, such as having a loving partner I never...
MARIAN KEYES I'm proudest of the fact that I've been able to make a few movies in the studio system that ...
CAMERON CROWE I've never done anything but dream. This, and this alone, has been the meaning of my life. My only r...
FERNANDO PESSOA Alas, I think I am becoming a god.
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DIANA GABALDON I'm not really on a mission to tell anybody anything. I'd rather be figured out.
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PRINCESS DIANA If you find someone you love in your life, then hang on to that love.
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PRINCESS DIANA I like to be a free spirit. Some don't like that, but that's the way I am.
PRINCESS DIANA Forgiveness is not a single act, but a matter of constant practice.
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DIANA GABALDON Ye are Blood of my Blood, and Bone of my Bone,
I give ye my Body, that we Two might be One.
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DIANA GABALDON Goals are dreams with deadlines.
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PRINCESS DIANA It is a weakness that I lead from my heart, and not my head?
PRINCESS DIANA With the continued support of citizens who refuse to accept inaction at the expense of future genera...
DIANA DEGETTE Orkney has the kind of landscape that sort of lends itself to a relationship with the people. I thin...
DIANA GABALDON James Alexander Malcolm MacKenzie Fraser.
DIANA GABALDON So now it's space and time," he said. "You ever watch Doctor Who on PBS?"
"All the time," she s...
DIANA GABALDON ' his wife recalled. ''I used to say, 'Charlie's asleep.' He was always so calm.
DIANA WILLIAMS HIV does not make people dangerous to know, so you can shake their hands and give them a hug : Heave...
PRINCESS DIANA Being a princess isn't all it's cracked up to be.
PRINCESS DIANA If you're writing something that's clearly labelled as an alternative history, of course it&...
DIANA GABALDON No wonder he was so good with horses, I thought blearily, feeling his fingers rubbing gently behind ...
DIANA GABALDON I dinna know what's a sadist. And if I forgive you for this afternoon, I reckon you'll forgive me, t...
DIANA GABALDON You're tearin' my guts out, Claire.
DIANA GABALDON Sometimes our best action result in things that are most regrettable.
DIANA GABALDON Murtagh was right about women. Sassenach, I risked my life for ye, committing theft, arson, assault,...
DIANA GABALDON There are things that I canna tell you, at least not yet. And I'll ask nothing of ye that ye canna g...
DIANA GABALDON Ye werena the first lass I kissed," he said softly. "But I swear you'll be the last.
DIANA GABALDON I had one last try.
"Does it bother you that I'm not a virgin?" He hesitated a moment before an...
DIANA GABALDON We're looking at swells in the 15- to 19-foot range Saturday morning, coinciding with a high tide at...
DIANA HENDERSON The key with Merrill is they're not as dependent on some of the venture capital private equity gains...
DIANA YATES I grew up in Flagstaff, and I still own my old family house up there, so I go up there a couple of t...
DIANA GABALDON It was exhilarating. If you were talented, it was easy to rise through the ranks if you knew what yo...
DIANA PETERS