Dolly Parton Quotes
If people work for me over the years, I expect them to be paid what they're owed, but I don't expect them to be paid more than they earn.
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I cannot summon up inspiration; I myself am summoned.
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It is easy to remove the mind from harping on the lost illusion of immortality. The disciplined intellect fears nothing and craves no sugar-plum at the day's end, but is content to accept life and serve society as best it may.
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With about a dozen assorted ongoing conflicts in the news every day, and with the stories becoming more horrific, the level of sadness becomes unbearable. And what becomes of our planet when that sadness becomes apathy? Because we feel helpless. And we turn our heads and turn the page.
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I call Alibaba '1,001 mistakes.' We expanded too fast, and then in the dot-com bubble, we had to have layoffs. By 2002, we had only enough cash to survive for 18 months. We had a lot of free members using our site, and we didn't know how we'd make money. So we developed a product for China exporters to meet U.S. buyers online. This model saved us.
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I had always been feeling uncomfortable in my mind about giving advice to others and not acting upon it myself.
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I find that when I'm struggling to think of how a six-year-old would feel about something, I just have to go right down to the common denominator, find the simplest way that you can look at an object or a problem, and not muck it up with all of the stuff that adults do and over-analyze.
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Americans believe cotton is best, but we've invented new fabrics that will change your lifestyle.
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Men will not forget that Pancho Villa was loyal to the cause of the people.
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I think my love of journalizing my life comes from my mom.
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I don't like the sun, but I live in California.
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It's good to feel stupid sometimes and do things that are out of your comfort zone.
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I was thrown out of different schools because I was practicing my arts - magic, juggling, and the high wire.
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This circus games aspect has existed since the beginning of my career.
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We have proven that conservative principles work: less taxes, less government, and more freedom.
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By 1980, when I came out of prison, The Sun did a campaign to stop putting vice girls in prison. We've talked about it ever since and nothing has been done about it.
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I think getting drunk is the key to flying comfortably. A couple of bloody marys or several glasses of champagne, and suddenly it's like you're on a roller coaster.
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Robert Redford was an absolute blast to work with - a very smart, very charismatic man.
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My life is scattered and busy. I think of my home as a resort. When I step through the door, I feel relaxed. I almost feel like I've taken a vacation.
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California to me as a concept or as an idea always seems like endless optimism and endless opportunity - when people think of California they think of palm trees and blue skies and gorgeous sunsets and beaches and everything else.
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Two of my theatres are 1930s and the other five are by Sprague, the greatest Edwardian architect of the lot. They've needed a lot of work doing to them but they were built very well.
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And I think it's a real challenge to be up there sometimes with only a keyboard if they don't have a grand piano... and to try to win people over that way. It's really hard.
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If it's a cocktail party, I generally make five or six different things, and I try to choose recipes that feel like a meal: a chicken thing, a fish or shrimp thing, maybe two vegetable things, and I think it's fun to end the cocktail party with a sweet thing.
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If people work for me over the years, I expect them to be paid what they're owed, but I don't expect them to be paid more than they earn.
