Dolly Parton Quotes
When you're 40, you can't ride the fence anymore. You gotta make definite decisions about your life.
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Everyone romanticizes somebody.
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I love to sit and watch people. I love to sit and listen to people.
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We do high heels, and people know us for that, but the idea of wearing a flat from day to night feels special.
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The biggest thrill in the world is entertaining the public, there is no bigger thrill than that.
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I don't know the right way to retire.
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Call me Ildar! Call me Abra-ca-da-bra! My name is my name.
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What is more important, the reality or the perception? I am perceived to be an important designer. It's enough for me.
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The Negro race, like all races, is going to be saved by its exceptional men. The problem of education, then, among Negroes must first of all deal with the Talented Tenth; it is the problem of developing the Best of this race that they may guide the Mass away from the contamination and death of the Worst, in their own and other races.
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My dad said, 'Cam, you can make this situation a dream or you can make this situation a nightmare.' That struck a fire under me. That was my drive.
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If I could play drums like Patrick Carney or Taylor Hawkins, I'd be a really happy person.
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When I was in the ring at the Olympics, it was my father's words that I was hearing, not the coaches'. 'I never listened to what the coaches said. I would call my father and he would give me advice from prison.
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I'd rather sing a good lyric written by someone else than one of my own that is terrible.
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I'm normally the least busy person I know.
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People have said things about me, and wrote and criticized me about things in the past, but it goes in one ear and out the other.
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'No one can make you successful; the will to success comes from within.' I've made this my motto. I've internalized it to the point of understanding that the success of my actions and/or endeavors doesn't depend on anyone else, and that includes a possible failure.
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Trump brings power to those who hate their lack of it, and his message is tonic to communities that have felt nothing but decline for decades.
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You come to me and it's my job to make you look the best you can look. From an image point of view, would I prefer to dress Jude Law instead of Rolf Harris? Of course. But it's my job to make them both look great.
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I believe in a passion for inclusion.
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Managers are the most creative people in the world.
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I remember breaking the news to both my parents that I wanted to be a director, and they both looked very doubtful. They didn't know what a closet Hindi film buff I was. I used to dance to old Hindi films songs on the sly, so my decision to be a part of Hindi cinema was shocking even for my parents.
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So was it a political mistake for Obama to put so many eggs in the health-care-reform basket? Well, a negative decision from the Supreme Court will certainly make it appear so.
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We're loaded with talent down here, but if that's the coaches' decision, you have to respect that. I still think they can do pretty well down here.
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When you're 40, you can't ride the fence anymore. You gotta make definite decisions about your life.
