Dolly Parton Quotes

Some people say that less is more. But I think more is more.

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• Natural selection is not gene centrist and nor is biology all about genes; our comprehending minds are a result of our fast evolving culture.

  

  Daniel Dennett
  • Culture
  • Fast
  • Biology

• Success is not like a cake that needs to be divided. It's more like a heap of stones - a cairn. If someone is successful, they add a stone to the cairn. It gets very high and can be seen from all over the world. That's how I see it.

  

  Maeve Binchy
  • World
  • High
  • Success

• Whenever my body heals and the pain and all the swelling goes away is when I'll be ready.

  

  Patrick Ewing
  • Pain
  • Body
  • Ready

• I just sing. You have to use it.

  

  Aaron Neville
  • You
  • Just
  • Sing

• There is no question at all that Manson was sending Tex, Sadie, Katie, and Linda out on his mission of murder.

  

  Vincent Bugliosi
  • Question
  • Mission
  • Linda

• I like an even-keeled, slow-paced job.

  

  Washed Out
  • Job
  • Like

• But I think it's more that when you're young, you're invincible, you're immortal - or at least you think you are. The possibilities are limitless, you're inventing the future. Then you get older and suddenly you have a history. It's fixed. You can't change anything. I find that a bit disturbing, to be honest.

  

  Damien Hirst
  • History
  • Future
  • Change

• I always thought that was one of the single most important things a prosecutor could do is to seek justice for the families of victims.

  

  Nancy Grace
  • Important
  • Single
  • Justice

• Last four months were great for me, was probably one of the best four months of my career, playing unbelievable in the clay court season.

  

  Rafael Nadal
  • Great
  • Career
  • Best

• I get the music, I get the beats. And I go to the studios and write the lyrics.

  

  Obie Trice
  • Music
  • Write
  • Lyrics

• Unless you have a perception of who you are as a lawyer, you will never be at ease in dealing with legal matters, clients, or courts. But if you know who you are and why you're there, all you need is the expertise and the information.

  

  Samuel Dash
  • Why
  • Perception
  • Lawyer

• For a long time, I really struggled with the idea of being an actor because I really felt that I should be in the Peace Corps.

  

  Camryn Manheim
  • Time
  • Long
  • Peace

• For some days, people thought that India was shaking. But there are always tremors when a great tree falls.

  

  Rajiv Gandhi
  • People
  • Great
  • Thought

• You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.

  

  Jack London
  • Inspiration
  • Club

• I'm an actress and mom, and I probably don't have enough of an active spiritual life. And I don't know why people run around calling themselves by the names of religions when they don't actually practise them.

  

  Uma Thurman
  • People
  • Life
  • Why

• I will always do R. Kelly – I'm not perfect, but I'm perfectly me.

  

  R. Kelly
  • Me
  • Perfect
  • Always

• In the little town where I live in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, we now have a 'Public Safety Complex' around the corner from what used to be our hokey Andy Griffith-esque fire station.

  

  Rachel Maddow
  • Live
  • Fire
  • Safety

• The only thing we lack for even faster growth is more capital.

  

  Magnus Larsson
  • Growth
  • More
  • Faster

• Honestly, I'm willing to experiment with far more variety in roles than I'm given. But ultimately, it's the producer's decision. But, I've done a variety of roles - the evil don, the evil husband... I've done villainous roles, supporting roles, etc.

  

  Kabir Bedi
  • Done
  • Evil
  • Decision

• Humans will eventually become extinct. People treat that as a radical thing to say. But the fossil record shows us that everything eventually becomes extinct.

  

  Elizabeth Kolbert
  • People
  • Humans
  • Record

• People call me a perfectionist, but I'm not. I'm a rightist. I do something until it's right, and then I move on to the next thing.

  

  James Cameron
  • People

• A man can succeed at almost anything for which he has unlimited enthusiasm.

  

  Charles Schwab

• I grew up around books - my grandmother's house, where I lived as a small child, was full of books. My father was a history teacher, and he loved the Russian novels. There were always books around.

  

  John Irving
  • Up
  • History
  • Father

• Some people say that less is more. But I think more is more.

  

  Dolly Parton
  • People
  • Thinking