Dolly Parton Quotes
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I don't ever remember a single day of hopelessness. I knew from the history of the labor movement, especially of the black people, that it was an undertaking of great trial. That, live or die, I had to stick with it, and we had to win.
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But I'm not objective when I'm acting.
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One of the strangest aspects of living with certain kinds of memory loss is knowing that the forgetting is happening.
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I have perfectly symmetrical ankles.
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Young men should prove theorems, old men should write books.
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You can tell when someone is driven by labels. If something is couture, they think it's important and wear it and sometimes make a terrible fashion mistake. People are shocked that I know so little about designers.
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I've had so many injuries in my life that it's ridiculous.
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If the culture shifts, if people think differently about women, the art will shift, too. You can't ask art to make social change. It's not what it's for.
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I googled 'Gabby Douglas,' and all these things popped up like 'Gabby Douglas makes history!' And 'She's the champion!'
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I want money; I just don't want that money lying around.
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I love to perform live.
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I've never been competitive with anybody but myself.
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I remember trying to be funny, and both of my parents were terribly funny. My father was also very dignified, but my mother was an absolute ding-a-ling, a ripper.
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The media has changed. We now give broadcast licenses to philosophies instead of people. People get confused and think there is no difference between news and entertainment. People who project themselves as journalists on television don't know the first thing about journalism. They are just there stirring up a hockey game.
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I think everybody has a bent, and the key is to follow that bent. So much human wastage comes from people who are doing things with their lives that they really aren't happy with.
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I was totally unknown in the television and film industry in Canada.
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While I'm an athlete and while I'm fighting actively, I don't intend to pursue a career in politics. What happens after that, we'll see. But I don't have an intention to do both at the same time.
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When I was 19 and dropped out of college for several months, I lived for some time with my grandmother.
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One thing that people don't really understand is that as celebrity you rarely get fair treatment. You either get love or hate. It's never really fair.
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There is a growing interest in team ownership and promoting sports beyond cricket in India. I always felt it is important to encourage other sports, especially those that bring communities together and promote active lifestyles to Indian youth.
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The key is having great players. But there are a lot of teams that have All-Stars and haven't been able to put it together.
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The bad guys don't always get punished and the good guys are not necessarily pure.
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Anything that benefits the public and not just big banking, that's what I'm with.
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My first phone was two tin cans tied together with string, and it worked pretty good.
