Dolly Parton Quotes
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I cannot summon up inspiration; I myself am summoned.
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But a city is more than a place in space, it is a drama in time.
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What makes Ireland inclined toward the drama is that it's a great country for conversation.
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I am proud of my kids and happy to brag about their achievements. Their success has been an immense source of happiness for me.
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Life is so impermanent that it's not about somebody else or things around me, it's about knowing you are completely alone in this world and being content inside.
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I never eat in a restaurant that's over a hundred feet off the ground and won't stand still.
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I feel really connected to antiquity for some reason.
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Every industry has slack times, and everyone has bad days at work.
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I love the subtlety and tonal range of the acoustic guitar.
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Wanting to feel good is synonymous with wanting to feel God.
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Most people don't even get to be on TV, so I got to be on TV a bunch of times... I feel so lucky that I get to go back and forth between television and theater.
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I try to understand people who aren't as smart as me and not be hateful.
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Education is that whole system of human training within and without the school house walls, which molds and develops men.
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When you're good at controlling your own emotions, you can disguise your true feelings. When you know what others are feeling, you can tug at their heartstrings and motivate them to act against their own best interests.
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I think to get a title shot, you need to have some expressive winnings.
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A bad peace is even worse than war.
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I'm not the kind of person who would want to go into a studio and manage other people and listen to the phone ringing. That's alien to me.
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Do you remember any instance where tyranny was destroyed and freedom established on its ruins, among a people possessing so small a share of virtue and public spirit? I recollect none, and this more than the British arms makes me fearful of final success, without a reform.
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Go out there and get rich. Get so obnoxiously rich that when that tax bill comes, your first thought will be to choke on how big a check you have to write.
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I didn't respond to the kind of sarcastic tone. It felt like some of the Sarah Palin speech was written as though it were a Saturday Night Live newscast. Maybe that's because she looks very similar . . . She's got her Tina Fey thing going.
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I don't know the history of my sport. I'm not like those people who know everything.
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To begin with, I want to tell a good story, a story that people will listen to and that they'll think this is true, even if it is a story that might be defined as - as myth or legend or even fanciful.
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I find pop art really offensive because it's taking a piece of popular culture and putting it somewhere where people can't see it.
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People say I look so happy - and I say, 'That's the Botox.'
