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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The '70s were a time of turmoil and turnover. But I grew up here. I always wanted to play here.
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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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I don't really have an issue with showing certain parts of my body. I'd rather not, but it's not a big deal. Growing up in Sweden, it's natural over there.
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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've always been very insecure and had a lot of self-doubt growing up. That was partially because of how I was raised.
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When I lived in China, there were no libraries. My mother bought books for me, and they were mostly the classics. I read 'Peter Pan,' 'The Secret Garden,' the 'Rosemary' books, and Kipling's 'Just So' Stories was one of my favorites. No, I didn't read historical fiction. It didn't exist where I was growing up in China.
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You know what a wifey means? It's like your other half. Like when you get married, like, that's your wife!
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Certain people in life are just going to take what's given to them, and certain people in life know they want better and they're going to go find better. I've always been that type of person.
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Scaring the children: for Halloween last night, I dressed as a Democrat and when kids came to my door, I took half of their candy!
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I had nothing growing up, but I always wanted to be 'sexy,' even before I knew what the word was.
