Dolly Parton Quotes
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If you fall off a horse, you get back up. I am not a quitter.
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I've been told I have an aggressive driving style.
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Touring, and being in a band, it's almost like the other stuff, the other parts of life, get put on hold.
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The true self seeks release, not constraint. It doesn't want to be corseted in a sonnet or made to learn a system of musical notations. It wants liberation, which is why very often it fastens on the novel, for the novel seems spacious, undefined, free.
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I have come to the conclusion - and I don't know why it took me so long, but nevertheless, I'm here now - that a lot of people tell me they don't get enough guitar on my albums. So I decided to do an album where the guitar would be the singer, playing the melody.
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There has to be a global mission of human progress.
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To me, a critic is some loser who has no idea... someone with an opinion. We all have opinions. No offense, but what makes them dictate what is cool and what is not.
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I stand for freedom of expression, doing what you believe in, and going after your dreams.
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My mum was a dancer. She would tour the world with a group, and she had me in a dance class when I was still in a nappy. They told her to come back when I could walk.
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For me every ruler is alien that defies public opinion.
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I did notice growing up that there are so many things, obstacles and things, that people think you can't do because you're Muslim or because you're wearing a hijab. You hear a lot of no's. That was something that I wanted to see change.
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I like American women. They do things sexually Russian girls never dream of doing - like showering.
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Virtual reality is inevitably going to become mainstream - it's only a question of how good it needs to be before the mainstream is willing to use it.
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I like most any place if I have Internet access.
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I want to see as many movies as I can and I covet a lot of weird influential movies.
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I've never felt fallow in the sense that there's been no work.
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A pinch of notoriety will do.
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I have a lot of friends, but my biggest fear is loneliness. I miss my family in Mumbai, and my biggest nightmare every day is to go back home alone.
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I understand why some women/girls/ladies don't want to be women-identified 'cuz it totally complicates your band identity and no one seems to pay much attention to the music or what you're doing. We have chosen to be girl-identified (although Billy isn't a girl!), because we want to encourage other women/girls to play music. When I was growing up, I found it discouraging to have all these women in bands not wanting to address the issue of gender...we're interested in what women are doing.
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It was not until I had graduated from college that I made a professional commitment to it. Frankly, I didn't think it wise. I was my own interior parental force, and it's very difficult to justify a profession as a dancer.
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It definitely takes a fair bit of experience to know what's the right kind of wave and which is the wrong wave.
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I don't trust doctors. It's not to say there ain't some good ones, but on a general level, no, I wouldn't trust 'em at all.
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No weapons are more potent than brevity and simplicity.
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It's a good thing I was born a girl, otherwise I'd be a drag queen.
