Dolly Parton Quotes
If I had to give up performing, it wouldn't bother me too much. But I couldn't live without my writing. I put all my feelings, my very soul, into my writing. I tell the world in my songs things I wouldn't even tell my husband.
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Our presence in Afghanistan is not worth the price of any more American lives or treasure.
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A solid family, as they say. They join me on location if they have a chance, but I can also be home three or four months doing nothing, so I probably see my kids more than people who work constantly all year long. If that changes, we'll have to have a family meeting.
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I'm starting to realize that people are beginning to want to know about me. It's a jolly strange idea.
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We may outgrow the things of children, without acquiring sense and relish for those which become a man.
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To a world sick with racism, get well soon.
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Your ability to negotiate, communicate, influence, and persuade others to do things is absolutely indispensable to everything you accomplish in life. The most effective men and women in every area are those who can quite competently organize the cooperation and assistance of other people toward the accomplishment of important goals and objectives.
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There are memories I a better off without. Things better lost forever.
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A powerful idea communicates some of its strength to him who challenges it.
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The child is the beauty of God present in the world, that greatest gift to a family
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Attitudes are the real figures of speech.
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I feel like I inspire more people than I think I do. I just need to remember that.
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Wherever you go, God be with you.
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Learn to see that it is not things that bother us, that we go out to bother them. See the world as a mirror. It is all a reflection of the mind. When you know this, you can grow in every moment, and every experience reveals truth and brings understanding.
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Do not expect anything; there is more to be gained by earning it.
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Only an idiot would rely on the energy of a bean or a leaf to stay awake throughout the day.
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I'm not doing well. Don't try to talk about this to my sister Liz. She will know it sooner or later.
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I think one of the few times I've been involved with real-life characters was the story of Marie Bonaparte. I think it's really difficult to become someone that really existed.
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You see, dancers are quite mature people because they start performing so early. They become professionals when they start to take everyday classes.
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If there's something bothering me in the business end of things with people I work with, I just say it right out.
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If I had to give up performing, it wouldn't bother me too much. But I couldn't live without my writing. I put all my feelings, my very soul, into my writing. I tell the world in my songs things I wouldn't even tell my husband.