Dolly Parton Quotes
I'm a singer, a writer and an actress - when I find something that I feel good enough about doing.
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I personally love the record-making more than the actually performing and travelling. It's funny, the drastic shift in lifestyle that comes with it. It certainly satisfies my more adventurous side, but it leaves little time for contemplation and all of that.
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Good Viking genes, being vegetarian and having rowdy dogs and kids definitely keep me in shape. Not eating meat gives me the energy I need to keep up with work, family and travel - I'm very active.
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I've never seen any ghost, but I definitely believe that there's some sort of something spiritual out there. I mean, there has to be.
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We must work-in the words of New York City Police Commissioner Bill Bratton-to really see each other. Perhaps the reason we struggle as a nation is because we’ve come to see only what we represent, at face value, instead of who we are. We simply must see the people we serve.
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On my darkest days, I wear my brightest colors.
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Countries don't go out of business....The infrastructure doesn't go away, the productivity of the people doesn't go away, the natural resources don’t go away. And so their assets always exceed their liabilities, which is the technical reason for bankruptcy. And that's very different from a company.
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I am in prayer for his kids and the family.
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The revolution starts at the bottom.
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Most people can recall schoolyard confrontations with with bullies. Boys were expected to deal with them by standing their ground and slugging it out, even, as one man told me, "if you knew you were going to get your head bashed in. You had to show you could take it, and you'd die rather than cry.
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I think there's some connection between absolute discipline and absolute freedom.
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I played basketball in high school, and I love watching sports - I'll watch everything except maybe hockey.
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Your choice of people to associate with, both personally and business-wise, is one of the most important choices you make. If you associate with turkeys, you will never fly with the eagles.
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Don't run down dyed hair and painted faces. There is an extraordinary charm in them, sometimes.
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There are a lot of aspiring singers who are not paid attention to because they don't look like a fashion model.
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I developed a deep sadness for celebrities, a pity that they often are caught in a plastic world that runs too hard and too fast, and that many times that world means destroyed relationships with everyone they know and love.
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Praise can be your most valuable asset as long as you don't aim it at yourself.
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I don't have any legato skills; I could never figure out how to roll the notes off.
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I'm a singer, a writer and an actress - when I find something that I feel good enough about doing.
