Dolly Parton Quotes
Stop this attitude that older people ain't any good anymore! We're as good as we ever were - if we ever were any good.
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I'm old enough to remember the end of World War II. On Aug. 14, 1946, a year after the Japanese were defeated, most newspapers and magazines had single articles commemorating the end of the war.
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From age 16, I lived and breathed wine. I read every magazine and book about wine.
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Over the next few years the boardrooms of America are going to light up with hot flashes.
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You have to find a way - and thankfully for me, it's been music - to separate yourself from the racial identity. It's not easy, and I continue to work, God bless, and I'm really, truly appreciative of it.
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I just have always felt that I think we know that it's an ensemble show, and it's very hard to pick a show to submit when you're nominated, because usually everyone has a very strong part in every episode.
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Too often, we think that, when we have a problem with our lives or our country, that the way to fix it is to take an eye for an eye. That doesn't help anything or anyone.
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Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
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Still, records are documents of a period of time. Most records are documents of two or three years, and I just approached it as a record I was doing over a 20-year period of time.
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I'm free - but I'm also not free because there are millions of young people living in Iran. A filmmaker can only do a little.
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Human behavior in the midst of hardship caught my attention very early on, and my first stories were all pictures, no words.
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Actors should never be important. Only directors should have power and place.
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Whenever people can access deities directly without the intervention of a religious hierarchy, they don't need to have hierarchy so much.
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Abe Ribicoff believes in that American dream. I believe it from the bottom of my heart, and your sons and daughters, too, can have the American dream come true.
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I think the most un-American thing you can say is, 'You can't say that.'
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I think that sexiness should be in the subtleties.
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What Einstein was able to do was - to use a cliche - think out of the box.
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Never ask anyone over 70 how they feel. They'll tell you.
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I've started getting acclimated to writing on the road and on the spot. I just let whatever I feel at the time come out, instead of really sitting there and taking days to write just one song.
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We embrace the shoestring budget. We like being limited by the constraints. It inspires creativity. I don't know what we would spend money on. We don't hire actors. We see budget constraints as a personal challenge. We're like survivalist local commercial directors.
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Landowners and influential men of all kinds, especially members of political councils, ought to set an example to the people. The young members of rich families should offer themselves for military service. If not one of two sons, at least one of three sons should be ready to do so.
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There is too much at stake for us to surrender to the politics of polarization.
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Being a full-time mother is one of the biggest jobs in the world; it's like another career for me. I love every moment of it - even the challenge of making cupcakes.
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Awakenings occur when we lose faith in the viability of our institutions and the authority of our leaders. Religious and spiritual awakening gives people a new vision of themselves, which is then transplanted into social action.
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Stop this attitude that older people ain't any good anymore! We're as good as we ever were - if we ever were any good.
