Dolly Parton Quotes
When I started the Imagination Library in my hometown, I never dreamed that one day we would be helping Scottish kids.
Quotes to Explore
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If people don't find what you are doing threatening, then it is probably not very important.
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If you be faithful, you will have that honor that comes from God: his Spirit will say in your hearts, Well done, good and faithful servants.
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I feel like I'm a good actor, but I wouldn't call myself a gifted actor.
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I'm one of those fellows so frightened of driving that I go 80 miles an hour - and the more frightened I get, the faster I go.
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I try not to carry any character back home because that would be extremely frustrating for my family.
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You can only go into science because you're interested in it.
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The wisdom of our ancestors.
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My religion makes no sense and does not help me therefore I pursue it.
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I feel that destiny is a mixture of preparation and luck. You can be very lucky, but it is useless if you're not prepared. You can be prepared, but it is useless if you're not lucky.1
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There is something exciting when you see people who are very formal talking with each other, and there is a sense that they have chosen to be that way. There is something masked that is more interesting to me than just people who are intent on displaying their uniqueness or whatever.
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I'm still working on my career, still trying to learn from other artistes and develop my skills and my style.
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I try to find more interesting material with each project I do.
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Writers are troubled about finding time to write and writer's block and publicizing books that aren't books yet. They agonize over how to write and what to write and what not to write.
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I love painting and have a need to do it.
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The people's voice, as I say, is the voice of God.
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You're entitled to Medicaid regardless of your income. Don't worry about your health care.
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Thank you for allowing me to use colors as rich and deep as you please. I had always wanted to do so, yet was never allowed because of the color capabilities of our lithographers. Now that I have done it, I don't think I'll ever go back.
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The word spirit comes from the Latin word for "breath" - spiritu - and the origin of the word spirituality has to do with breath and life force, the mysteries of the ancients and all this. The word is very suspect in much of the art world - the Western art world. Certainly, spirituality has become divorced from religious.
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Design is a conscious and intuitive effort to impose meaningful order. Design is both the underlying matrix of order and the tool that creates it.
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Our house has a library - it seemed better use of the space than as a dining room! - and I try to spend as much time in there as possible. There's nothing better while reading or writing than to be surrounded by books.
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You must linger among a limited number of master-thinkers, and digest their works, if you would derive ideas which shall win firm hold in your mind.
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For all the concern about bodies and weight, 'Baywatch' has three huge catering trucks on the set at all times. One for entrees, one appetizers and one for junk food.
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That was a huge shot with the clock running down. He really brought us together, and we settled down late in the game.
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When I started the Imagination Library in my hometown, I never dreamed that one day we would be helping Scottish kids.
