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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A poem should be a part of one's sense of life.
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Lovely in death the beauteous ruin lay;And if in death still lovely, lovelier there;Far lovelier! pity swells the tide of love.
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There is no ageism or 'youthism' when it comes to freedom of speech. We are all citizens.
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I count this thing to be grandly true: That a noble deed is a step toward God-- Lifting the soul from the common clod To a purer air and a broader view.
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Calcutta's the only city I know where you are actively encouraged to stop strangers at random for a quick chat.
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My first phone was two tin cans tied together with string, and it worked pretty good.
