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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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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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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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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What are you accepting that would not be a part of your ideal day?
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Bottom line: if you show a genuine interest in learning about how others became successful, you can open up a world of opportunities.
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People are always asking me where I come from, and they're expecting me to say India, and they're absolutely right insofar as 100 percent of my blood and ancestry does come from India. Except, I've never lived one day of my life there. I can't speak even one word of its more than 22,000 dialects.
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The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.
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There ain't nothin' to dyin', really. You just get tired. You kind of drift away.
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The morbid states of health, the irritableness of disposition arising from unstrung nerves, the impatience, the crossness, the fault-finding of men, who, full of morbid influences, are unhappy themselves, and throw the cloud of their troubles like a dark shadow upon others, teach us what eminent duty there is in health.
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The world of scholarship is much more measured in its appreciation and also its criticism than the world of popular literature.
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I have two delightful sons, who I love dearly.
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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.
