Dolly Parton Quotes
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Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.
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I did a film called 'Fire with Fire.'
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Each of us becomes a new person as we re-describe the past.
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Any woman who wishes to smash into the world of men isn't very feminine.
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Don't let it end like this. Tell them I said something.
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I've come to learn that the determined and gifted and genuine sociopath has far more power to deceive than we realize.
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If I grew up in 'da hood,' it would make my story so much more interesting - if I had something to escape from. I had a pretty good life. My parents weren't rich; they weren't poor. I wasn't trying to escape from anything. It was always just the pursuit of something cooler.
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I feel like I'm five sometimes because I still enjoy myself. I enjoy what I do.
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Detroit is right now a new Mecca for Hip Hop.
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I don't want people to get confused. I'm not going to be putting out a gospel album.
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My interest in the theater led me to my first writing experience as an adult. My husband David wrote the music and lyrics and I wrote the book for a children's musical, 'Spacenapped' that was produced by a neighborhood theater in Brooklyn.
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I'd rather do a great play than a mediocre play in New York. As much as I'd like to be seen in New York, that's not my driving motivation. My motivation is to play great roles, wherever they happen.
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I would like to be more active outside of Israel.
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I wanted to play a TV detective because it's a rite of passage; I wanted to experience every area of acting. I haven't done comedy or as much Shakespeare as I had intended.
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I'm a tough old broad from Brooklyn. Don't try to make me into something I'm not. If you want someone to tiptoe down the Barkley staircase in crinoline and politely ask where the cattle went, get another girl.
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It was ages ago in life's first wonder I found you, Virgilia, wild sea-heart; And 'twas ages ago that we went asunder, Ages and worlds apart.Your luminous face and your hair's dark glory, I knew them of old by an ocean-stream, In a far, first world now turned to story, Now faded back to dream.
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It's very hard for all of us, when we've committed ourselves to a particular interpretation, to change our minds.
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Ignoring facts does not make them go away.
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I used to think people above me might get jealous because I wanted to do what they did. But no, people are much nicer than that.
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I guess if I'm a product, either you're chocolate, you're vanilla or you're butterscotch. You can't be all three.
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Lipstick is the easiest way to dress up without doing a lot, but it's hard to maintain, so I always opt for nudes if I'm going out for a long time.
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I think if you have a passion for what you do then there are no limitations on how long or how much you can accomplish.
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When I get down, I don't waller around for long.
