Dolly Parton Quotes
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Over the years I have learned that what is important in a dress is the woman who is wearing it.
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I produce for a low price and I sell it on my own to 80 countries.
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I have to expend an awful lot of energy actively undoing the impact of my name. Understandably, people assume that I have at least some connection to Iran. The truth is that I don't. I have very little knowledge about the culture, the language, the history. I've never been to Iran. I've never even been inside a mosque.
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You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need.
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I'd probably describe my sense of humor as 'twisted,' I guess. It's not hard to make me laugh, especially when I'm surrounded by my close friends, especially my bandmates.
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I placed my new novel, 'The Book of Lost Fragrances', in Paris, knowing it would be a challenge. But the book belonged in the city that is one of the greatest perfume capitals of the world and has been since for more than three centuries.
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The other aspect of American identity worth focusing on is the concept of America as a nation of immigrants. That certainly is a partial truth. But it is often assumed to be the total truth.
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I don't believe I could work as effectively at what I do without the support of my wife.
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I need to do more on stage. I've got to get my fix!
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At the end of the day, an actor is only a cog in the wheel.
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Sometimes people think Y Combinator has big ideas about themes. But really, we just fund the best startups.
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I'm thinking to myself, I just love doing the art, it takes me a morning to do.
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CERN is a concrete example of worldwide, international co-operation - and a concrete example of peace. The place which makes, in my opinion, better scientists, but also better people.
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As a parent, I have a job as a role model to my children, and by extension, to other young people.
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It's always about the music, never about anything else.
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Truthfully, I've never seen myself as being too thin. Sometimes I'll look at photos and be like, 'Oh, that's not a good look.' But generally speaking, I'm not too thin.
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It is not true that suffering ennobles the character; happiness does that sometimes, but suffering for the most part, makes men petty and vindictive.
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Nothing I ever did I expected to do. It just kind of happened.
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I never remember my parents having an argument.
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I think you can see that in the show. Music was my touchstone. Music is still much more important to me.
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But always I was a private citizen whose activities in government or political party were appointive.
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Music is 10% exhilaration and 90% utter disappointment.
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To have grazed every form of failure, including success.
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People get a kick out of my stupidity.
