Dolly Parton Quotes
I just write all the time. In my whole life I've never had what I've heard people talk about writer's block. I've never had that. Life is like a song to me. I just hear everything in music, so I have never once thought "Well, I'm never gonna be able to write again." I've got thousands of songs.
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Let us go forward in this battle fortified by conviction that those who labour in the service of a great and good cause will never fail.
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Unfortunately, there is still much to mine in this world and explore creatively.
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You can't win if you don't play as a unit.
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There are certainly things labels can still provide that indie artists can't. They can pave the way to radio and pay big bucks for promotion.
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A plan is always successful if the plan is good.
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I thank you for your kind invitation to introduce me to the president of the Republic. Since I have not been out of my atelier for two months, I have no appropriate costume for this circumstance. Please excuse me.
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The insidiousness of science lies in its claim to be not a subject, but a method.
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A woman who is willing to be herself and pursue her own potential runs not so much the risk of loneliness as the challenge of exposure to more interesting men - and people in general.
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A good day is when no one shows up, and you don't have to go anywhere.
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With horses, familiarity breeds comfort. If you haven't been around horses for a while (or ever), the best thing to do is to go to the racetrack, a horse show, a rodeo, or some other horsey activity, and watch the horses. Familiarize yourself with the way they move and behave themselves.
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A life of frustration is inevitable for any coach whose main enjoyment is winning.
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I guess what I learned about myself is I'm a bit of a socialist; I want everyone on the set to get equal treatment and credit.
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I'm always interested to meet my friends' parents, or who they were raised by. Where they grew up, I always find very interesting.
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Women tend to break the network of friends they make, but it is a habit that men have learned. It is an approach to life that involves planning almost without thinking about it. And men sustain this. I came from a northern grammar school. I had a good education, but I didn't have a good network.
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I don't despise anyone. It's definitely all about the love.
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When you live in hysteria, people start thinking emotionally.
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For the most part, if somebody approaches me and says, 'I'd like to interview you,' who am I to say no, when I spend all my days going, 'Hello, you don't know me. I'd like to ask you some questions. Do you have a little time?'
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I passed blindly many things which belong to real and political life.
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I learned early in life that you get places by having the right enemies.
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Intoxicated with unbroken success, we have become too self sufficient to feel the necessity of redeeming and preserving grace, too proud to pray to the God that made us.
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Of course I want the things I write to reflect well on me or anyone who might feel represented by me, but also, I'm not writing a guidebook on how to be or how my people should be seen. I'm telling very specific stories.
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I can't read or write music. When I want to remember something, I try to remember all the keys on the piano. Which is what I still do. I put the numbers on the keys. And that's got to become music again.
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The Way to Heaven has no favorites. It is always with the good man.
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I just write all the time. In my whole life I've never had what I've heard people talk about writer's block. I've never had that. Life is like a song to me. I just hear everything in music, so I have never once thought "Well, I'm never gonna be able to write again." I've got thousands of songs.
