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.

Quotes to Explore
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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 often use hypothetical situations to generate information and imagery for paintings and to create a fictional space where a subject can be put into play.
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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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I'm not satisfied with the explanations I get from tv or from school.
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I dream, therefore I exist.
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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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We are embarking upon the mediation process. By terms of the contract, those proceedings are confidential. Other than to say we are moving forward, I won't have any substantive comment.
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An enormous amount of direct advertising from pharmaceutical companies are offering a kind of instantaneous solution to problems.
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I want to get a real sense of intimate connection with each of the animals - with that particular lion or elephant in front of me. I believe that being that close to the animal makes a huge difference in the photographers ability to reveal its personality. You wouldn't take a portrait of a human being from a hundred feet away and expect to capture their spirit; you'd move in close.
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When I started performing in public, I was probably around 10 or 11.