Dolly Parton Quotes
I never want anything more than what's fair. The problem is, I never want anything less either. In the old-boy school of business, if a woman walks away from the table with what's rightfully hers, the man feels screwed.
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There are so many elements that make a good film. You need a great director who's driving it.
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It seems to me that at this time we need education in the obvious more than investigation of the obscure.
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I remember telling my creative writing teacher that you never want to have a journal, because if you lose it, then someone's going to know all your secrets. And then she stopped using a journal, but I always write everything down... Anytime I travel, I try and fill up notepads.
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But whenever I look at the question of how to live, the answer's always staring me in the face. I'm already doing it.
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I just like being on stage and making people happy.
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If we are to create a new agenda for family/work policies, employers and employees have to take a seat at the same table and recognize their mutual gains.
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Is it possible to live in this world without the operation of will?
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The pennycandystore beyond the Elis where I firstfell in lovewith unreality
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Look to the past and remember no empire rises that sooner or later won't fall.
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I can't tell you if genius is hereditary, because heaven has granted me no offspring.
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My sights have always been on acting, on the creative process, never the lifestyle. Growing up in Northern Ireland when I did, everything was against you if you wanted to do something like that. But I was determined.
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In restaurants in my Brooklyn neighborhood, I always ask for a doggie bag to bring the leftovers home.
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My secret desire is to be an interior designer. I'd love to make houses for rich clients who can afford to do things right.
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My aunt made stuff; my mom was creative, so I was surrounded by that. When I moved to England, it was '75, and everything was happening. My whole teenage life is England, glam rock and David Bowie and Sex Pistols and Iggy Pop, all that stuff.
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I like when people know who they are, know their limitations and what they want to do. It's the same thing for me.
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All the things I love is what my business is all about.
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When I was twelve, I heard about the National Theater School, and I told my parents, 'That's what I want to do.' And that was it.
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Working with Bryan Cranston on 'Breaking Bad' has been totally thrilling because he is so clear in his approach.
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I think every character I've ever come up with has been based on someone or something I've known.
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I discovered what it meant to 'live for Christ,' and that it honestly was something I wanted to do. The facts were there, and I could sense the Holy Spirit at work.
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Well, in order for me to be successful... In order to be a great artist - musician, actor, painter, whatever - you must be able to be private in public at all times.
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Do not give voice to bigotry.
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Salvation is one of the Bible's great words, but many don't understand that the Bible presents salvation in three stages. Many people consider salvation a one-time, past event. They forget its ongoing nature.
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I never want anything more than what's fair. The problem is, I never want anything less either. In the old-boy school of business, if a woman walks away from the table with what's rightfully hers, the man feels screwed.
