Dolly Parton Quotes
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I've been in more laps than a napkin.
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My health is fine.
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I was raised looking at women who were strong, and they weren't really into playing race cards or playing gender cards. I didn't grow up around women who were like, 'Well, let the boys do that, and let the girls do that.' I didn't really see that in my house.
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In the face of postwar austerity, hundreds of brides-to-be across the country sent Princess Elizabeth their clothing coupons so that she could have the dress of their dreams.
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Everybody dresses like a teenager. Everybody dyes their hair. Everybody is concerned about a smooth face.
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Growing up, you always want to hang with your dad - go fishing or whatever. But my dad was always working, so we never really had time for that. I think I kind of learned to accept it.
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I think with 'Skinwalkers,' the success of it spoke for itself. Meaning a lot of people wanted to see something new on television.
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A lot of people go in and have to create their own characters, and they do fine with it.
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It is not the punishment but the cause that makes the martyr.
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I think the hardest thing I went through in the UFC was my first loss. It was terrible. It was traumatizing. But it's just going back and rebuilding and getting better.
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Publicity's a cancer. It eats out a man - till there's nothing but a shell left.
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I struggled with the pressure of having the successful record after the first record. Second album syndrome. I'm living proof; it's very real. It was like a psychological battle to be creative. I used to never feel pressure to be creative; it's always just been a fun thing. And then suddenly it's my job, and people are asking, 'Where's the record?'
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If you don't mind smelling like peanut butter for two or three days, peanut butter is darn good shaving cream.
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Men's actions are too strong for them. Show me a man who has acted, and who has not been the victim and slave of his action.
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Really, truly, try to figure out what your palate is all about. If you've determined that you don't like dirty old stinky wine - old-world flavors - you probably like new-world fruit bombs. Stick to Shirazes and California Cabernets or Zinfandels.
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I think that inexpensive sources of planet-friendly energy are one of the most important things for us to pursue.
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Happiness is a by-product. You cannot pursue it by itself.
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The lesson one can learn from Firbank is that of inconsequence. There is the vein which he tapped and which has not yet been fully exploited.
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I tried Botox, but I don't want to be hooked on that stuff.
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I never have had blonde hair. I have never had straight hair. I never wear pink clothes or spray tan and I never wore heels to school.
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I've simplified much more in my writing. I say what I've got to say, not in metaphor.
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Yeah, you know everybody has somebody that they patterned themselves after.
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My biggest superhero of writing is Jorge Luis Borges, the Argentine fabulist. He's an amazingly perceptive writer, but also willing to make a joke.
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Home is anywhere I hang my hair
