Dolly Parton Quotes
I'm almost like three people. There's me the, Dolly, the person. There's me, the star. And then there's me, the manager.
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A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of the society.
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I grew up being a dancer, so I was always doing some sort of dance number, like the Tornado in 'The Wiz.'
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From age 16, I lived and breathed wine. I read every magazine and book about wine.
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I like the discipline of well-cut, impeccable clothes. I think it's a very healthy discipline.
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I liked English and art and did a lot of painting. And for some reason I was good at math, but I wasn't an A student. I really had to work hard to get good grades.
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Although children are only 24 percent of the population, they're 100 percent of our future and we cannot afford to provide any child with a substandard education.
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I'm fortunate to be famous for two rather imposing characters like Magneto and Gandalf.
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We are very serious about imposing weapons restrictions on the PFLP and other Palestinian groups operating from their camps in Lebanon.
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Many think kids have lots of time and few responsibilities. And that's just not true. They are stressed and under pressure.
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The speed of change makes you wonder what will become of architecture.
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I think that role model is kind of a weird thing because obviously you are, but I try to make good choices and good decisions for myself for me to have a good life. If that inspires someone else, that is great, but I think you should do good for yourself and your own happiness.
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Any partying I did, I did at home. I didn't want to be in the spotlight... There's an easy way to get away from the paparazzi; they're not that difficult to hide from and you don't need to go out for coffee every five minutes.
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People want you to fail.
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What is the meaning of the togetherness of the perceiving mind, in that peculiar modification of perceiving which makes it perceive not a star but a tree, and the tree itself, is a problem for philosophy.
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I had a lot of conversations with my family, my close friends, with my pastor, with God, and kind of came to a revelation that maybe I should be honest with myself about who I am and let that person - this woman who has lived inside me for my entire life - finally have an opportunity to live.
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I have never seen homosexual chicken or turkey.
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I put out one album one week, and I'm already worried about the next one. I feel a lot of emotion throughout the course of a day. But not to the point where you need to be worried about me.
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I believe in people, especially suffering people.
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An artist never really finishes his work, he merely abandons it.
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It's really, really hard to get in rooms with people you don't usually work with and try to find common ground.
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I feel like the kind of people I write about are the kind of people I grew up with, the families that I know in my community. Most everyone is working-class, and there are some intact families, but a lot of families aren't.
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I've had many students over the years, sometimes even very sophisticated students, who will be writing and will hit a wall. Often I find it's because they're working out of sequence. Maybe some people can do that, but I don't think that's how fiction works. It's a discovery.
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I'm almost like three people. There's me the, Dolly, the person. There's me, the star. And then there's me, the manager.
