Dolly Parton Quotes
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So long as you create laws that define women as victims, as creatures that demand protection, that need bodyguards, you are going to perpetuate the very worst of our sexist past.
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Time has lost all meaning in that nightmare alley of the Western world known as the American mind.
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I still keep my accent.
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During the civilisation and development process of more than 5,000 years, the Chinese nation has made an indelible contribution to the civilisation and advancement of mankind.
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Excellence is not a skill, it's an attitude.
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I don't know that much about who directs what movies, but I'm definitely inspired by the look of old movies; I find them to be really beautiful.
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Our leaders are acting like lemmings.
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A lot of news is just entertainment masquerading as news.
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I let characters be human and flawed and relatable. When we do things that aren't that great, we can understand it.
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I live in a bus and go from place to place and sometimes feel very detached from what's going on.
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I just wish that people will be kinder to me when I pass away.
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I originally got into this because of a five-year-old's begrudgery of his teacher. Mrs. Lawlor cast me as a tree, and I was disgusted. I was sure I had more to offer than that. It was like, 'OK, if you want me to be set dressing, fine, I'll take it on the chin but I'll show you - I'm going to be a big actor some day.'
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It's important for people to understand where things come or what they represent.
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Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.
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Only remember west of the Mississippi it's a little more look, see, act. A little less rationalize, comment, talk.
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On occasion, I used to give presents to the kings, besides the hire that I gave to to their sons who accompany me; and nevertheless, they seized me with my companions.
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I ain't want my kids to grow up and call me Thug. I don't want anybody to kind of look at me like that. So I'm gonna just use my real name.
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I can never find the right bras.
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At some point in our lives there's something about every one of us that makes us feel like an outsider, I believe.
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If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you.
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The Philippines is where Asia wears a smile. Beautiful products can only be made by happy people.
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There is magic in long-distance friendships. They let you relate to other human beings in a way that goes beyond being physically together and is often more profound.
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My English teachers gave me a copy of Atwood's 'The Handmaid's Tale' when I left high school, which has always been very special to me - it was the novel that introduced me to dystopian fiction. I'm also influenced by Edgar Allan Poe, Dickens, John Wyndham and Middle English dream-visions.
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The music does bring us together and it's cheaper than therapy!
