Dolly Parton Quotes
I usually eat breakfast twice. I'm usually up at 3 a.m. - do my spiritual work, my affirmations, a little bit of songwriting, get my daily work in order, and by that time I've worked up a bigger appetite.
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In the music business, I found it was much more about interviews, photo shoots and appearances rather than actual performing, which I do best.
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I love to be with my son and my grandchildren, like normal people. I have no particular idea of what I represent to other people. It's very mysterious to me. I don't understand it.
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I don't think my competition is with the heroes. I don't think I'm competing with anyone. I don't mean to sound Zen, but genuinely, when I stopped competing with anything is when I started enjoying my work, and that brought out the best in me. I'm living in a universe of my own, and I'm enjoying that. I love to appreciate other people's work.
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I was outraged to learn that the president wanted to outsource operations at some American ports to the United Arab Emirates.
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I like to think of myself as very loyal, and I love everyone I surround myself with, whether they're friends or girlfriends or whatever.
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I think of myself as a musician and not a celebrity. Celebrity status is something you have to deliberately pursue - I couldn't imagine myself seeking that.
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One of the great things personally coming to Hawai'i is my friendship of Jim Nicholson.
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Metaphorically, every vagina has secret teeth, for the male exits as less than when he entered. The basic mechanics of conception require action in the male but nothing more than passive receptivity in the female.
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The weakness of men is the facade of strength; the strength of women is the facade of weakness.
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Boston was a great town to go to college in. Maybe that's why there's so many colleges there. I love the town, and I loved Boston University.
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A long-running argument exists over whether Christians and Muslims worship the same God. In my view, they certainly do.
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Anybody can reach anywhere from five to 15 million people weekly making a president look like an idiot, as I did back then, or Tina Fey did with Sarah Palin... You're always preaching to the choir one way or the other.
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'Farscape' is not what you call hard science fiction.
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As an athlete, you'd better laugh at yourself when you slip in the mud.
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The best way to ruin a comedy is to throw a lot of money at it.
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I chose my own path because that was the only way.
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I've been way too blessed. Had too much fun, too many rewards.
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The private sector is motivated by profit and efficiency and the US government often is not.
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I come to you defenses down with the trust of a child.
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Deepen your existing spiritual commitment.
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Larry Geller’s Leaves of Elvis’ Garden is by far the best book I have ever read about Elvis. It is emotional, revealing and spiritual, and offers the most amazing insight into the king. I highly recommend this dynamic book.
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My grandfather left Cuba when Castro came into power and literally left everything. He had two suitcases and two kids and showed up in New Jersey and waited for my uncle to meet up with him. Imagine - there were no cell phones back then!
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I usually eat breakfast twice. I'm usually up at 3 a.m. - do my spiritual work, my affirmations, a little bit of songwriting, get my daily work in order, and by that time I've worked up a bigger appetite.
