Dolly Parton Quotes
I had nothing growing up, but I always wanted to be 'sexy,' even before I knew what the word was.
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Growing up, my birthday was always Confederate Memorial Day. It helped to create this profound sense of awareness about the Civil War and the 100 years between the Civil War and the civil rights movement and my parents' then-illegal and interracial marriage.
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Growing up, I didn't feel cool; I didn't fit into any crowd.
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People are like, 'Was it hard growing up mixed?' 'Did you not fit in?' and I'm like, 'No? What? That's the dumbest question ever.'
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I have got the best of both worlds; growing up in Edinburgh and now living outside Glasgow.
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Growing up in San Diego, I can remember going with my brother to see bands like Pennywise and NOFX - good punk bands that were fast and tight.
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Out of all the clubs who were interested, I got the feeling that, deep down, Chelsea showed that they really wanted me. There were lots of reasons I came to Chelsea. They showed a real desire to get me to come here. I didn't have to think about it too much.
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Growing up, I never imagined I would be an actor.
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My kids have a competitive drive I never had growing up.
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As a child growing up during the Korean War, I knew poverty. I studied by candlelight.
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I wanted to be famous. I wanted people to talk about me.
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Growing up a preacher's kid wasn't the easiest thing. Everybody's always watching you to see how you'll behave - or misbehave.
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I had to learn to sew when I was growing up, because nothing else fitted me.
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I became what I wanted to be.
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The growing influence of women is the one reassuring thing in our political life.
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I'm a short woman with a pretty good body and large breasts - that's not what I think of as sexy.
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The American male runs half of the global world and grows up on rock music from day one. If you can alter the psyche of someone who's growing up to be a rapist or a total misogynist, you're creating values and instead of making the void bigger, you're making it smaller.
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I am the youngest of four children - three boys and one girl. I don't think becoming an actor had anything to do with seeking attention, though. My relationship with my siblings when I was growing up was close and playful.
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Growing up, my religious identity was primarily one of confusion. Nothing was pushed on me; nothing was overtly offered.
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I've always wanted to be a star. I've always wanted money and wanted to travel. So I knew there was a price to pay for that.
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Throughout her career, many women would view Mrs. Clinton as an imperfect vessel for the feminist cause. She was a Yale-educated lawyer who, at the height of the 1970s women's movement, moved to Arkansas to put her own ambitions on hold in furtherance of her husband's career.
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I would never turn down a movie, but at the same time, but my ideal job would be a half-hour sitcom.
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The very aim and end of our institutions is just this: that we may think what we like and say what we think.
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I never accepted the idea that I had to be guided by some pattern or blueprint.
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I had nothing growing up, but I always wanted to be 'sexy,' even before I knew what the word was.
