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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Writing is very cathartic for me.
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If you have a book to write, write it. If you want to record an album, record it. No need to wait for someone in a cubicle halfway across the country to decide if you're worthy.
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Shouldn't you put the same amount of effort into your giving as you might for your for-profit investments? After all, philanthropy is an investment, and one in which lives - not profits - are at stake.
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Diverse groups do best at complex problems and innovation when the facts aren't clear: each individual's perspective allows him or her to tackle challenges differently and, when stuck, rely on others' differing points of views to progress.
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To begin impatiently is the worst mistake a writer can make.
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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!
