Dolly Parton Quotes
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Self-doubt kills talent.
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A cheat day for me, the first thing that I crave, I'll eat. That's my rule. So if I wake up and I want pancakes, I'm gonna eat pancakes. If I want a cheeseburger for lunch or for dinner, I'm gonna eat it. If I want fries, I'm gonna eat the fries.
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I could talk for ages about how women are amazing, but essentially we shouldn't be manipulated by the media's expectations of our bodies. I'd recommend every woman to read 'Women Who Run with the Wolves' - it's about being in touch with your more wild, free and powerful side.
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I think what's fascinating is how many people are playing in politics who maybe haven't played before.
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You can't do every movie - although I do a lot of them - and the thing I'm longing to do is... it's not that I think I'm funny... but I long to do a situation comedy.
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If I made a musical in the beginning of my career, it would have been crane shots and tracking shots and people coming out of cakes and whatever, but these techniques are something that I've left behind me.
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I'd have to say the biggest transformation would be my schedule. I'm really, really busy, but it's a lot of fun.
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Some economists believe that the Greeks' work ethic and thrift can pull them through. But the classical virtues can do nothing to offset the dearth of innovation that plagues the economy.
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Life starts at conception and must be protected from the first moment.
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Give me love, like herCos lately I've been waking up alone.The pain splatters teardrops on my shirt.I told you I'd let them go.
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Here in Florida … we have something special we never enjoyed at Disneyland - the blessing of size. There's enough land here to hold all the ideas and plans we can possibly imagine.
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'Move Bitch!'
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The air which is struck with most swiftness by the movable thing is compressed to the greatest degree in itself.
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Beauty makes life easier. People want to do things for you. They want to marry you and pay for everything.
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I've always been a very careful sailor. I know, me and being careful - doesn't really sound right, does it? But when I sail, I take it seriously and take along spares for everything. You have to be careful when you're 1,500 miles from land. There's no one you can call. You're on your own.
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Look, this job has always been a crucible of conflict.
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Never underestimate opponents.
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But it is not conscious strategy to go for unconventional roles.
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You can't hang around geniuses forever because they end up taking everything you've got. That's why they're the genius and you're not.
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Candy is childhood, the best and bright moments you wish could have lasted forever.
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You're the hero of your own story. So it's interesting for historical revisionism to happen. I had let go of my own story from my own childhood and whatever anger I had and I began to see it from a very different place. It's really easy to be like "This thing happened to me! Look what they did to me or are doing to me." These are such powerful ideas and it's so easy to hold onto them forever.
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I don't see why it gives people the right to know about my private life if I don't want to talk about it.
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Is forever longer than always?
