Dolly Parton Quotes
There's a scripture that says, 'A merry heart doeth good like medicine.' I think that's true, too.
Dolly Parton
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So this is my effort to bring back the hope that we must have if we are to change direction. . . . I think to be fully human, we need to have meaning in our lives, and that's what I am trying to help these young people to find.
Jane Goodall
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El dolor no nos sigue: camina adelante.
Antonio Porchia
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The first time I was on 'Johnny Carson,' I remember being so scared, but the minute he started talking to me, I felt a little more comfortable because I just knew he was going to take care of me. Hopefully, I have learned something from watching him for so many years that I can offer that to a guest.
Bonnie Hunt
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Most of the time you will fail, but you will also occasionally succeed. Those occasional successes make all the hard work and sacrifice worthwhile.
Dean Kamen
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I grew up where the repercussion of you having an opinion was being 'cocky,' or people would be mad at you. And I have finally learnt that it is better for them to be mad at you and disagree than you be so mad at yourself all of the time for not speaking up.
Paula Pell
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Basically, I think some of the weight helped take some of the walls down in reality, so basically I got a little more confident. I'm definitely not super confident, but I am confident that I don't have to hide behind those layers of fat and that I can actually open up to people a little more.
Lisa Lampanelli
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The Eleanor Roosevelt Award that I received for women's rights activities is one I treasure.
Patty Duke
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I drew a line for myself. I never dated anyone that could hire me when I was first in Hollywood, and I think that kept me focused on what I was there to do and how I wanted to go about it. I took it a step at a time.
Cheryl Ladd
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You want to have the experience. As far as the creative side, the more I do this, the more I know that it's all about the writing. You got on a film sometimes and it's sort of half-written, and they expect and think that the actor's job is to bring the extra part and the good part. It's not. We're good at saying what other people have written, but for the majority of it, that's about it, comedians aside. It's all in the writing. Whether that's dialogue or character, or whatever, it doesn't matter. As long as they've done something special, than you can do something special.
Wes Bentley
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We would never have scales, feathers, or breasts if we didn't have teeth in the first place.
Neil Shubin
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Writing is such a solitary existence, and I can only do it late at night.
Paul O'Grady
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There's a scripture that says, 'A merry heart doeth good like medicine.' I think that's true, too.
Dolly Parton