Dolly Parton Quotes
I went to bed hungry many nights as a child. It was a Dream that dressed me up when I was ragged, and it was a Dream that filled me up when I was hungry. Now it's my Dream to see that no child in this world ever goes hungry, certainly not here in America, the most bountiful country in the world. We can do better...we must!
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Time is shortening. But every day that I challenge this cancer and survive is a victory for me.
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Bulking up for the Twilight films was one of the hardest things I've done... I had to give myself a lot of pep talks, as there was just so much gym time.
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There's nothing that's in an actor's control. I've learned at this point you do things and you let them go. There's no way to control the outcome. The only thing I have any sort of reign over is my own experience.
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Beauty is not just physical.
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Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
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I like '50s and '60s American art. I have 85 or 90 Warhols.
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Is anything, in all respects, so influential as consideration? Does it not, by a kindly anticipation, create the divisions of the active life itself, in a manner rehearsing and arranging beforehand what has to be done?
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This is a world in which reasons are made up because reality is too painful.
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I think there are more female characters in videogames now but I also think that's because videogames in general are more diverse now.
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Little Sparta is a garden in the traditional sense. It is perhaps not like other modern gardens, but I think that other times would have had no difficulty with it.
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I love doing voice-over. It's one of my favorite things.
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It seems that, culturally, young people function more in groups. They know each other through digital media. All the young comedy people who work in TV are really used to working at the table with lots of writers around. They're comfortable in the group; they don't assert their own egos over everyone else.
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Many women do not recognize themselves as discriminated against; no better proof could be found of the totality of their conditioning.
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I feel I'm an actress who sings a bit.
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Sometimes you're in great demand. Then suddenly your career hits the breaks.
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I see a New York where people who are down on their luck can get back on the road to responsibility, a job and dignity.
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'We are not a debating club,' Franklin said. 'Our goal is to get at the truth, where that is possible.'
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The most hopelessly stupid man is he who is not aware that he is wise.
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Wilem tapped Simmon’s shoulder. 'He’s telling the truth.'Simmon glanced over at him. 'Why do you say that?''He sounds more sincere than that when he lies.'
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Life is only a long and bitter suicide, and faith alone can transform this suicide into a sacrifice.
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My grandmother gave birth to 13 children and I come from a long line of women who gave birth in their 40s.
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It's very hard to not give in, to sell your soul: to flatter a more experienced male person of power, a producer or director, in order to get what you want. You feel a pressure to flutter your eyelashes and flirt because you know that will work, and I think it's admirable to not do that.
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Match the right food to the right occasion. Think about what you are celebrating. If you are honoring people, what are their favorite foods? If it is a holiday, what is the food for it? When you give an identity to the party, people appreciate that.
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I went to bed hungry many nights as a child. It was a Dream that dressed me up when I was ragged, and it was a Dream that filled me up when I was hungry. Now it's my Dream to see that no child in this world ever goes hungry, certainly not here in America, the most bountiful country in the world. We can do better...we must!
