Dolly Parton Quotes
I am amazed at the response of my being on the show. Everywhere I go, every young person points at me and says "Hi, Aunt Dolly." Or "Are you Aunt Dolly?" I love doing the show and I love Miley and Billy Ray [Cyrus]. I am proud to be her honorary Godmother.
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It's hard to always be on top. You go down, you go up.
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The American people do not want their taxpayer dollars funding any activity that runs counter to the security of our nation or our ally Israel.
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I like playing sort-of-crazy people. There's something really, really fun about that.
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How often I found where I should be going only by setting out for somewhere else.
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The economy is not immutable; it's not about natural laws. It's about rules, and we make the rules.
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I'm from outside Philadelphia, a town called Wayne, which is, like, 25 minutes northwest.
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I am a good, strong word giver; I am a jealous guard of my own secrets. Freedom is the rule; I am hungry for one good thing I can do.
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I pack on mass quickly when I lift.
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I get mad quick and and go off at the handle quick.
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When I throw a ground ball, I expect it to be an out, maybe two.
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No one is more enslaved than a slave who doesn't think they're enslaved.
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I prefer to leave the paintings to speak for themselves.
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If American politics are too dirty for women to take part in, there's something wrong with American politics.
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Be real with yourself in whatever area of your life and your game that you need improvement on. Once you figure that out, you just have to go out and work on it. For me, it's footwork. I constantly work on it, and it's a never-ending process.
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The script is just a blueprint.
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Withholding information that would get innocent people killed was the right thing to do, not a journalistic sin.
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As a species, I think we have no choice but to try and forecast pandemics.
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My childhood dream was to study mechanical engineering. After reading 'The Mysterious Island' - which I read 25 times as a boy - I thought that was the best thing a person could do. The engineer in the book knows mechanics and physics, and he creates a whole way of life on the island out of nothing. I wanted to be like that.
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Things happen for a reason. I'm happy, but not I'm not satisfied with the things I'm doing.
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If I am treated fairly, I like to do things in a fair manner. That is the way I have been all my career. I haven't tried to do things in an underhanded way.
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I once attended an advertising conference held at the Greenbrier Hotel in 1968. The dean of the original Mad Men, the great David Ogilvy, was the keynote speaker. The subject of his speech was the new creative revolution in advertising.
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When I was coming home from school as a youngster, and I saw my dad's car in the driveway, I would go to a friend's house. I connected my dad being there with fear.
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My children are not royal; they just happen to have the Queen for their aunt.
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I am amazed at the response of my being on the show. Everywhere I go, every young person points at me and says "Hi, Aunt Dolly." Or "Are you Aunt Dolly?" I love doing the show and I love Miley and Billy Ray [Cyrus]. I am proud to be her honorary Godmother.
