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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I wasn't a good student in high school. I mean, I got through it, but unless it had something to do with music, it didn't really interest me.
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Balancing my career between two industries has never been an issue. I started with a Telugu film and have a soft corner for the south industry, though I've grown up speaking Hindi. I don't think language can be a barrier when it comes to acting. And, since I come from a theatre background, I'm used to memorizing my lines.
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I have good spacial awareness, and I'm pretty comfortable with a sword.
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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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Sometimes something you thought wouldn't really be as big as it was blows up into something else.
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The Notorious B.I.G.'s album 'Ready to Die' is an incredible chart of a man's life - it begins with his birth, you hear his mother giving birth, and it goes through the decades.
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When you educate a woman, you create a nation.
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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.
