You know, you do need mentors, but in the end, you really just need to believe in yourself.
Diana RossRead
I was looking at making a shift in my career. I've been so blessed I'd like to be able to give that back. If I could find young artists, young performers I can nurture to have a career I would really like that.
Interpretation
Diana Ross expresses her desire to mentor young artists and give back to the community.
In this quote, Diana Ross reflects on her successful career and the blessings that have come with it. She wishes to share her experience and knowledge by nurturing young talent, highlighting the importance of mentorship and the impact it can have on the next generation of artists.
In practice
This quote can be used in a speech at a mentoring program launch.
You know, you do need mentors, but in the end, you really just need to believe in yourself.
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 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 don't have to sit around and wait for the next movie to come along, I can go out and sing.
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.
My children come first and the career comes in around that.
Now...in an abundant society where people have laptops, cell phones, ipods and minds like empty rooms, I still plod along with books.
It is through education that the daughter of a peasant can become a doctor.
I recall being fascinated by numbers even at age three and viewed their manipulation as a kind of game.
I was the youngest girl among my siblings, a simple village girl, who perhaps was luckier than other siblings as I have the chance to go to school.
We must always meet our obligation to those who fall behind without our assistance. But let's remember, without a race there can be no champion, no records broken, no excellence - in education or any other walk of life.
Excellent teachers showered on to us like meteors: Biology teachers holding up human brains, English teachers inspiring us with a personal ideological fierceness about Tolstoy and Plato, Art teachers leading us through the slums of Boston, then back to the easel to hurl public school gouache with social awareness and fury.
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