"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."
"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."
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Source: Diana Ross: My tears flow for Michael Jackson. www.mirror.co.uk. June 28, 2009.
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