Dolly Parton Quotes
I'm the kind of person who would rather rock in my rocking chair when I'm old and regret a few things that I did than to sit there and regret that I never tried.Dolly Parton
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I was a big fan of Indiana Jones; then I realized he was kind of a fake hero. The real heroes are the people who work hard and do their stuff right, like firefighters and policemen.
Nathan Gamble -
Question the motives of those who make requests of you. Discover what they really want. You may not want to give it.
Vernon Howard -
I've been writing songs since I was at least 20. That's what I wanted to do before I became a model.
Karen Elson -
I said I would do all the films about the commercials, and the films about ball-bearings and Ford tractors and so on, if once a year they gave me money for a free film.
Karel Reisz -
People like to hear me say, 'You love me, Chandler Bing. You just don't know you love me.'
Maggie Wheeler -
These days... it's all vanilla sex for me.
Larry Flynt
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My family were very poor. I am one of nine siblings: two girls and seven boys. Only my brother and I play in Europe, and then three more work in Europe, and another plays in Tunisia. This family is a footballing family, but our lives have not always been good.
Yaya Toure -
My writing books with positive gay characters has come more out of anger than anything else: anger at not having been able to find honest, accurate books about people like myself as a teen, books that show we're as diverse as straight people and that we can lead happy, healthy, productive lives just as straight people can.
Nancy Garden -
I try to push ideas away, and the ones that will not leave me alone are the ones that ultimately end up happening.
J. J. Abrams -
If uncovering the truth is the greatest challenge of nonfiction writing, it is also the greatest reward.
Candice Millard -
There is something in the way that we are now, with our cell phones, and people are not looking at each other and not being in the moment with each other, that kids feel isolated.
Lady Gaga -
I can be very passionate but I also have a bit of a hot temper - when pushed.
Rachel Stevens
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I was singing about six notes higher than I had to, in a range that kept me up in a bubblegum sound.
Nancy Sinatra -
Only recently have I been introduced to the gym and heavy weightlifting and things like that. Before that, when I grew up, I just did a lot of gymnastics and dance. I had more of an athletic background, but nothing where I was in the gym or using any kind of weights.
Aaron Taylor-Johnson -
Movies are my religion and God is my patron. I'm lucky enough to be in the position where I don't make movies to pay for my pool. When I make a movie, I want it to be everything to me; like I would die for it.
Quentin Tarantino -
I have this weird tropism for islands. Take me to an island as far from New York as I can possibly go.
Garth Risk Hallberg -
I started D.J.-ing my first year of college just for fun and to pay bills.
Harley Viera-Newton -
Being on a book tour is a lot easier than reporting.
Calvin Trillin
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I'm ready for a different America.
Gary Johnson -
I am very aware that playwrights, particularly good ones, have a intention for everything they write. Language and punctuation is used specifically, and most of the time actors can find wonderful clues about character in the rhythm and cadence of the language used.
Laura Linney -
The great fault of mankind is that it will not think.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton -
Music is Magic. Magic is Life...
Jimi Hendrix The Jimi Hendrix Experience -
I'm the kind of person who would rather rock in my rocking chair when I'm old and regret a few things that I did than to sit there and regret that I never tried.
Dolly Parton