Dolly Parton Quotes
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I think Indians dress better than anyone, but I don't want to imitate more than a detail or two; I prefer my clothes humdrum and inconspicuous, and a cowboy hat just doesn't work for me.
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I remember back in the early '70s, when I had a disastrous Grand Prix, my wife, Lynn, said to me, 'Don't worry, you're going to be a late boomer.' That's what she said to me, and I've always held that thought.
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You might expect that the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists would be there and they are.
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The minute I started being recognised, I became much more discreet.
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When we started out in '64, um, I was playing Number One, which was a woman second in command of a star ship.
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I was just on the edge of getting married, and I was frenzied at the prospect of this great step in my life after having been a bachelor for so long. And I really wanted to take my mind off of the agony, and so I decided to sit down and write a book.
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I didn't think I'd be around 30 years later.
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I'd like to win an Oscar.
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Do not wave stick when trying to catch dog.
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I'm a big believer in persistence, don't be greedy and, above all, work hard. It's what keeps me going.
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Basketball for me has always been a matter of rhythm - what you do bouncing the ball, how you bounce the ball, how you run, how you receive the ball to be in rhythm.
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You never achieve success unless you like what you are doing.
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I was very happy in Bombay. I was good at school. There was no reason to change anything. I suppose it must have been some spirit of adventure, of wanting to see the world.
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I am very patriotic and grew up in a house with football fans.
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The general consensus seems to be that I don't act at all.
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Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.
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I never wanted to be the annoying kid on set.
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Acting is a cruel enough business. One minute everyone's going 'Hey!' and the next they're going 'Who?'. You certainly don't need people knowing your private business, especially if you want to come out with your head still attached.
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Democracy requires common ground on which all can stand, but that ground is sinking beneath our feet, and democracy may be going down the sinkhole with it.
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I am satisfied with the mystery of the eternity of life.
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The true face of the unions is not now a man in a hard hat as much as it is a woman in a classroom or in cleaning smocks.
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I'd love to do a duet, always wanted to work with Madonna, but she never asked.
