Dolly Parton Quotes
My songs are the door to every dream I've ever had and every success I've ever achieved.
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If one has curiosity, then one stands the chance of attain a high level of scientific inquiry.
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I know I'm good enough. I don't need to show it to you. Either you know who I am, or you don't.
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And for the few that only lend their ear, That few is all the world.
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I am not the only intense or intellectual cricketer. I played with other cricketers who could be pretty intense and intellectual.
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Television offered me the opportunity to do new things; I had written a lot of scripts other than scary movies. I had actually written some romantic comedies and stuff that I really wanted to try my hand at, and nobody would let me do that. Television allowed me to do anything I wanted.
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I'm a mother of a three-year-old, but when I started 'California,' my son wasn't even a twinkle in my eye. Because the book took as long as it did, I wrote it before I was pregnant, while I was pregnant, and as a new mother - so I enjoyed a diversity of experiences while creating this world.
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If you ask three people what it means to be Christian, you will get three different answers. Some feel being baptized is sufficient. Others feel you must accept the Bible as immutable historical fact. Still others require a belief that all those who do not accept Christ as their personal savior are doomed to hell.
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My dad was very fun and very adventurous, and from a formative age I learned to value men who would do things on a whim.
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Winston Churchill was not entirely British. His mother was American, making Sir Winston part Iroquois Indian.
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A lot changed when I had Natasha. I'm a survivor.
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In international relations, in foreign policy, a great deal has to do with historical circumstances, a great deal has to do with the sense and perception of people.
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On a purely personal level, it's very strange, because as a kid, Superman informed my personality. Now I've been given the job of forming Superman's personality and, in some ways, drawing on my own background.
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They offered me that film before I did Frida and I said, no, I'm not capable of directing. Then after seeing Julie direct, I was inspired by it. She motivated me to do it, because we don't have role models as woman for directors.
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I'm one of the first invention capitalists.
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I shudder at the concept of a world tamed.
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A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest, as well as the keenest dispositions discovered in the heart of man.
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The French bourgeois doesn’t dislike shit, provided it is served up to him at the right time.
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As far as the lack of hits goes, I think perhaps it's because I've played a lot of different roles and have not created a persona that the public can latch on to. I have played everything from psychopathic killers to romantic leading men, and in picking such diverse roles I have avoided typecasting.
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We should take stock of Iran and discuss how we might best pursue the nuclear file over the coming weeks.
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In a dream I saw Jesus and My God Pan sitting together in the heart of the forest. They laughed at each other's speech, with the brook that ran near them, and the laughter of Jesus was the merrier. And they conversed long.
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Basically I can't sleep without every single song I'm writing repeating endlessly, but I'm loving it again. Embracing the torture, as I'm assaulted by my own thoughts. Like a locust giving birth to earworms. Eeeeew!
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I see everything as creative material. If I pick up a shell of a song that I wrote 10 years ago, all that matters is the reality of that material as it's living today.
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I actually want to do a theatrical adaptation of 'Hateful Eight' because I actually like the idea of other actors having a chance to play my characters and see what happens from that.
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My songs are the door to every dream I've ever had and every success I've ever achieved.
