Loretta Lynn Quotes
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I know what it's like to be pregnant and nervous and poor.
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I believe in education and wish I had a better one.
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It's important that you take care of yourself and blow off steam in the right way. Don't let some woman walk in and say, "hey, goodbye!" and take your man. Kill her if you can! I'm only kidding.
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She was my closest friend. She was the one person, other than my husband, I could turn to in a crisis. There was a lot of resentment when I first came to town. But Patsy was strong-willed and always taking up for me. If it hadn't been for her, I don't think I would have lasted.
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Really, I don't know what I'd do with myself if I retire. Wash dishes?
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Nobody's perfect. The only one that ever was, was crucified.
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I love people and I love to sing, and that's what keeps me going.
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If I had a chance to do things over again, I might not start singing. It was my husband Doolittle's idea. He pushed me out there, the booger. And I'm out there now, so I might as well make the best of it.
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You have to be different, great or first.
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I came out the back of the building and I was hollering, 'I've sung on the Grand Ole Opry! I've sung on the Grand Ole Opry!'
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You're the reason our kids are ugly.
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Once in a while I get inspired and finish my act with the hillbilly hoedown.
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The country is making a big mistake not teaching kids to cook and raise a garden and build fires.
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You get used to sadness, growing up in the mountains, I guess.
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Who wants to be married to a grandfather?
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I've been married to the same man for all this time. The way we fight sometimes, you can tell.
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When I first came to Nashville, people hardly gave country music any respect. We lived in old cars and dirty hotels, and we ate when we could.
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The night I announced I was getting married, Daddy paced for hours on the porch.
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There's always been a man telling me what to do.
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I want more out of life than I've gotten.