Dolly Parton Quotes
It seems like the more I give the more I get, and that is the way it is supposed to go in life.
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I think I am very hands-on mother. I am very strict, and my daughter keeps telling me, 'You are too hard on me,' and I keep telling her, 'I have to be hard because if I am not hard, you will not learn the lessons that I want you to learn.' I think it is really important to be that way.
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I don't think you should always stay calm in a tense situation, because you might not ever confront the problem. Maybe it's better to actually let yourself be tense - and find a solution.
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The best way to remember your wife's birthday is to forget it once.
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Most families had four, five brothers. But because it was just me and Darryl, we had to be twice as strong.
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It may be added, to prevent misunderstanding, that when I speak of contemplated objects in this last phrase as objects of contemplation, the act of contemplation itself is of course an enjoyment.
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Raising ambition in 2014 is crucial for arriving at a meaningful climate agreement in 2015.
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I can be very ordinary looking.
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The Lion King always makes me cry, especially when Simba's father gets trampled.
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I just happen to have one of those skill sets that allows me to work in my underwear.
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It's good just to laugh sometimes, and if it comes out of some truth, it's even stronger.
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I couldn't settle in Italy - it was like living in a foreign country.
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My experience with songwriting is usually so confessional, it's so drawn from my own life and my own stories.
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I came up in a family oriented towards the sick, so I always felt an obligation for doing something.
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Whenever I go to New York or any European country, they say: 'Nawal, why don't you get a facelift?' I tell them, 'I am proud of my wrinkles. Every wrinkle on my face tells the story of my life. Why should I hide my age?'
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I'm still one of those persons who prefers to wear pants, especially for at-home entertaining.
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Every man has a long list of things that should be done, but which he knows can't be done. Yet he continues to talk about them as long as he lives.
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I do remember the people who believed in me in the beginning. I'll never forget that.
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Don't be fooled. Looks can be deceptive. Like every working mother, I'm paddling away like a duck beneath the water.
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For it is in giving that we receive.
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Be honest with God and ask Him to give you a willingness to do the work of prayer.
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My grandmother did not come to see me till a month after my birth. I was born seven years after my only sister and my birth was a big disappointment for her. In it there is a message that I understand very well now about the discrimination against the girl child. My uncles and other relatives are against encouraging girls. My parents are more open. They back me all the way.
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Make your kids go out and play. Kids ought to grow up the way you and I grew up and we grew up fifty years apart or maybe more. But we did the same things. Now who's out playing in the afternoon? Nobody.
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And I said to myself: That's true, hope needs to be like barbed wire to keep out despair, hope must be a mine field.
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It seems like the more I give the more I get, and that is the way it is supposed to go in life.
