Diana Quotes - Page 3

• Other than the obvious, like Cher and Diana Ross, I actually find a lot of inspiration from time periods. So it's not necessarily people, it's the essence of the time period, whether it be the '90s or the '70s or the '40s. The specific time and what vibe it gave you, what the emotion of that time was, and trying to get that emotion again.

  Zendaya

  Inspiration, Essence, People

  Source: www.harpersbazaar.com

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• My earliest influence was Quincy Jones. I thought 'The Wiz' soundtrack was the most amazing thing I'd ever heard. It was my first record and you had Michael Jackson, Ted Ross, Nipsey Russell and Diana Ross on it. I even took it to show and tell in third grade!

  Jill Scott

  Records, Firsts, Wiz

  Interview with James Walsh, www.mtv.co.uk. June 27, 2012.

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• Diana used to tell me she had a travel jinx, something I only really started to believe when the plane door fell off.

  Neil Gaiman

  Believe, Doors, Jinx

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• Oh, we're very careful, Marilla. And it's so interesting. Two flashes means, "Are you there?" Three means "yes" and four "no." Five means, "Come over as soon as possible, because I have something important to reveal." Diana has just signalled five flashes, and I'm really suffering to know what it is.

  Lucy Maud Montgomery

  Mean, Two, Interesting

  Lucy Maud Montgomery (2016). “L. M. MONTGOMERY – Premium Collection: Novels, Short Stories, Poetry & Autobiography (Including Anne Shirley Novels, Chronicles of Avonlea & The Story Girl Series): Anne of Green Gables, Anne of Avonlea, Anne of the Island, Anne's House of Dreams, Rainbow Valley, The Golden Road, Kilmeny of the Orchard, The Watchman, Songs of the Sea & many more”, p.129, e-artnow

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• Some romantic you are," Caine complained as he pushed the door open with his back."Whatever happened to women who liked to be swept off their feet?" "They got dropped," Diana said flatly.

  Nora Roberts

  Doors, Feet, Said

  Nora Roberts (2012). “Tempting Fate: The MacGregors”, p.39, Penguin

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• I'll walk you back,"he said with such apparently boundless amiability that Diana wanted to deck him. "That isn't necessary," she began as her hand was clasped by his. "I suppose I could walk ten paces behind or ten paces in front." As she let out a frustrated breath, Caine grinned down at her. "You're not angry because we exchanged a friendly kiss? After all, we're family." "There was nothing friendly or familial about it," Diana muttered. "No," he lifted her hand to his lips, then lightly nipped at her knuckle. "Maybe we should try again.

  Nora Roberts

  Kissing, Hands, Frustrated

  Nora Roberts (2013). “Tempting Fate”, p.25, Hachette UK

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• Good night.' Diana summoned all the dignity that she could manage in her bedraggled state and began to move back up the beach. Her dress was soaked and her stockings dotted with sand and her heart couldn't possibly withstand any more.

  Anna Godbersen

  Good Night, Beach, Moving

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• That was how the heroine of a book would play it and Diana was still writing her own story the best heroines she'd always believed took their fate into their own hands.

  Anna Godbersen

  Book, Writing, Fate

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• Henry turned his hat in his hands but went on looking at Diana in a way that made her want to crawl into his arms and stay there forever.

  Anna Godbersen

  Hands, Forever, Want

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• Diana Rigg is built like a brick mausoleum with insufficient flying buttresses.

  John Simon

  Funny, Flying, Bricks

  "Michael Billington on actors" by Michael Billington, www.theguardian.com. April 1, 2012.

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• We're sitting in the dark willing to sell our souls for another peppermint with enough uranium to give a terrorist a wet dream. - Diana

  Michael Grant

  Dream, Dark, Giving

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• Anne, are you killed?' shrieked Diana, throwing herself on her knees beside her friend. 'Oh, Anne, dear Anne, speak just one word to me and tell me if you're killed.

  Lucy Maud Montgomery

  Knees, Speak, Throwing

  Lucy Maud Montgomery (2016). “CHRISTMAS & NEW YEAR™S TALES (Holiday Classics Series): Including Anne Shirley Series”, p.221, e-artnow

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• There were many stars in Motown's firmament - among them, Stevie, Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson, Martha Reeves and Diana Ross - but I happen to have loved the Four Tops most of all.

  Jon Landau

  Stars, Four, Firmament

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• In my view there is a level of human knowledge that involves just getting it right aptly. This "animal" epistemic level is an inferior level in just the way of Diana's long shot in the dark while drunk. That shot is inferior in a certain respect if too poorly selected as a hunter's archery shot, even if not quite as poorly selected as would be a shot aimed at the moon. Even if Diana's too risky shot turns out to be apt by attaining success through sublime archery dexterity, it is still inferior in the particular respect of being so risky and hence so poorly selected.

  Ernest Sosa

  Dark, Animal, Moon

  Source: www.3ammagazine.com

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• My father Philip was an actor and appeared in everything from 'The Onedin Line' to 'Hedda Gabler' with Dame Diana Rigg.

  Samantha Bond

  Father, Dames, Actors

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• I just don't like the idea of her singing my songs. Who the hell does she thinks she is? The world doesn't need another Streisand! (on Diana Ross)

  Barbra Streisand

  Song, Thinking, Ideas

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• I'm very inspired by a lot of things from the past, from Cher to Diana Ross.

  Zendaya

  Past, Inspired, Very Inspired

  Source: www.elle.com

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• There's a deep affection and respect for the Queen and the monarchy in the U.K. But Diana was an extraordinary, iconic figure and her death sparked a fierce reaction, part grief and part anger at her being taken away. It was very fraught.

  Tony Blair

  Queens, Taken, Grief

  Source: www.macleans.ca

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• My name, Diana Ross, is my name and nobody should be able to use that for exploitative purposes but me.

  Diana Ross

  Names, Able, Purpose

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• My mom was the Diana Ross of our clan. She was always up-to-date, and always knew what to do and what not to do in a fashion sense.

  Erykah Badu

  Mom, Fashion, Clans

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• With the '60s era and Motown, my grandparents actually introduced us to that when I was younger, so I grew up listening to the Jackson Five, Aretha Franklin, The Temptations, The Supremes and Diana Ross' solo stuff. I just loved it.

  Jordin Sparks

  Grandparent, Temptation, Listening

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• That's a lovely idea, Diana,' said Anne enthusiastically. 'Living so that you beautify your name, even if it wasn't beautiful to begin with…making it stand in people's thoughts for something so lovely and pleasant that they never think of it by itself. Thank you, Diana.

  Lucy Maud Montgomery

  Beautiful, Thinking, Names

  Lucy Maud Montgomery (2013). “The Anne of Green Gables Chronicles (Annotated Edition)”, p.453, Jazzybee Verlag

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• I read somewhere once that souls were like flowers,' said Priscilla. 'Then your soul is a golden narcissus,' said Anne, 'and Diana's is like a red, red rose. Jane's is an apple blossom, pink and wholesome and sweet.' 'And our own is a white violet, with purple streaks in its heart,' finished Priscilla.

  Lucy Maud Montgomery

  Sweet, Flower, Heart

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• Diana knew it wouldn't be right, but then she told herself that things only looked wrong when there was someone to see you.

  Anna Godbersen

  Guilt, Wrongdoing

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• First, I want to pay tribute to Diana myself. She was an exceptional and gifted human being. In good times and bad, she never lost her capacity to smile and laugh, nor to inspire others with her warmth and kindness. I admired and respected her - for her energy and commitment to others, and especially for her devotion to her two boys.

  Queen Elizabeth II

  Smile, Kindness, Commitment

  Tribute to Princess Diana on the Eve of her Funeral, delivered 9 September 1997, Chinese Dining Room at Buckingham Palace, Westminster

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