Dolly Parton Quotes
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I'm so excited to be working on 'Doctor Who,' as it's such a big and important part of British culture.
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Can you think of anything more permanently elating than to know that you are on the right road at last?
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My first audition happened to be for 'Kindergarten Cop,' and I took that role. I was only starting to learn English at that point. Spanish is my first language, so they made me a speaking character in the movie. I didn't really know I was shooting a movie. I was just having a lot of fun with 30 kids my own age.
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If you're an artist, you're an artist; that's the only way I can explain it.
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It takes having your golf peak four different times throughout the year. You have to like all four golf courses. You've got to be the best of that week for the four weeks.
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Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.
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A girl's best friend is her pride.
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Whether slavery shall go into Nebraska, or other new territories, is not a matter of exclusive concern to the people who may go there. The whole nation is interested that the best use shall be made of these territories. We want them for the homes of free white people.
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Negative publicity makes people forget your best times.
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To feel our ills is one thing, but to cure them is another.
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The public saw my father right out of central casting. He looked the part, acted the part... he was the part! The real life Godfather.
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I'm from a generation of fantastic actresses. It's a big pool of really wonderful actresses, and so many of them we never even get to see on the screen anymore.
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I love comfort. Comfort is very key to me because I spend most of my time in very uncomfortable things, so it's all about trainers and flats.
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In American fertility clinics, 75 percent of couples are requesting girls and not boys.
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I honestly think that kids should not exercise: they should keep fit through play. The most important age is zero to seven, both for the kid and the parent - for parents, because this is the time when your kid learns how to walk, talk and other behaviour.
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The relationship of the two problems is rather the reverse. To a great extent disarmament is dependent on guarantees of peace. Security comes first and disarmament second.
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When I prayed for success, I forgot to ask for sound sleep and good digestion.
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I am not what I think. I am thinking what I think.
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When I get home from a heavy work day, I make sure I get outside with the kids. I don't think there's any better cure than being active as a family outside.
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I started composing when I was around 13, and back then, people used to say that I needed to be a composer or a performer, but I can't be good at both of them. I could never understand why anyone would say that. Jellyroll did both, Bessie Smith did both, and so did I.
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For us tall people, the whole key is that your hips and your knees should form a right angle when you sit down. That's where backs and hips get to be problems for big guys.
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Please hear this: There are not 'schizophrenics.' There are people with schizophrenia.
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I think subsuming political and economic conflicts into some grand 'clash of civilisations' theory or 'the West versus the rest' binary is a particularly insidious form of ideological deception.
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Being brought up very religious, I have a fear of people that look to idol gods.
