Dolly Parton Quotes
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I am an invisible man. I am a man of substance, of flesh and bone, fiber and liquids - and I might even be said to possess a mind. I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me.
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I've always wanted to do a travel show for people who never thought they could.
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Basically, my socialization as a child didn't come from any schooling; it came from being in theater and meeting people online.
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The truth is everybody does it from time to time. People dial telephone numbers and they get a wrong number only to find that they've read the last two digits backwards. Everybody does it, but dyslexics have this tendency to a higher degree.
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Eddie Murphy was my guy for a long time. My first exposure to 'SNL' was his 'Best Of' VHS, and I would watch it over and over again. He was one of the few people on the show to play with the live elements and engage with the audience.
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People like to pigeonhole you. It's easier.
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Perhaps gaining power doesn't cause people to act like takers. It simply creates the opportunity for people who think like takers to express themselves.
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People who work 44 hours per week make 50 percent more than people who work 34 hours a week.
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The gift I have to give to my fellow countrymen and people around the world, the facts are the Muslim community are our gift. They are the fabric of what makes America great.
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Anyone who has been to India - specifically Rajasthan, the rich and kingly region in the country's northwest - knows that when it comes to adornment, Indians do not think like other people.
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I have some friends, and they're super-hipster. And they're like, 'All I wanna do is sing in a jazz bar and to just make it to pay for the rent.' And I'm like, 'Cool... That's not what I wanna do. I want as many people as possible to go to my concert.'
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I know it really sounds cheesy, but I did feel a duty to try to tell the stories of people who couldn't speak for themselves.
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I had my guitar and some talent so that I could make friends with intelligent people and could talk my way out of difficult situations.
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People have made a living deconstructing Lennon and The Beatles songs because of their compositional sophistication. But what's so exciting about John is that he never had any of that training on musical theory; something just spoke to him, and he just knew what sounded right.
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Most of the people that I deal with are human. So I've had a lot of experience with that.
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The best thing is being able to perform in front of people and to express my feelings, whatever they may be at the time. Just to be able to make the world a happier place to be.
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The people are fed up with their elected officials playing the blame game and treating their political counterparts as enemies.
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Very few people know why art sells so high. I don’t even know.
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I think I have so much more to accomplish in this world of acting. There are many different types of characters I want to play. I want to keep making people laugh, and I want to explore dramatic roles as well.
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Even the most careless people have a sort of aversion to signing things which they have never considered.
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Celebrity is hawking make-up, cars, everything; it's shifted.
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Public policy is a study in imperfection. It involves imperfect people, with imperfect information, facing deeply imperfect choices - so it's not surprising that they're getting imperfect results.
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There are lots of things we choose not to see. Doesn't mean they aren't there, even if we wish they weren't.
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You always want your people to be proud of what you have accomplished.
