Dolly Parton Quotes
My best country record only sold 200,000 copies. I didn't have enough money for the band and the arrangements and the costumes and all. I had to move into wider fields.
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I was shy. I was painfully shy, until fifth grade when I transferred to another school and befriended the class clown. And one day he was sick and I kinda stepped in for the class clown and I said, 'Wow, this is exciting, I'm a little bit nervous.'
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I made myself famous by writing 'songs' and lyrics about the beauty of the things I did and ugliness, too.
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If I were to try to describe the way in which I write, the only word I would use without qualification is 'slowly.'
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I believe there is a direct correlation between love and laughter.
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I believe my woman shouldn't work outside the home.
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My mother is going to get earrings of my head. Some will be dipped in silver, some will be dipped in gold, and I will hand them out to everyone I know.
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I've worked with a lot of really fine actors, both on stage and on screen. The level of their game lifts me up and brings the level of my game up to theirs. Always. It's like a constant upgrade.
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We would never comment on private correspondence.
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The government is determined to continue the process of fiscal consolidation and structural reform in order to secure sound public finances and improve the country's international competitiveness.
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The great spirals... apparently lie outside our stellar system.
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You put deadlines on people you really don't want, because that's how you feel about them.
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Getting a role in 'Harry Potter' was like winning the lottery. But no one deserves an acting job.
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Everyone thinks I'm this jock of a woman, but I didn't play any sports. I didn't even let my kids play baseball because I was afraid they were going to get hit by balls.
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Look at every action movie in Hollywood. Every leading man from Spider-Man to Batman to James Bond, 'Bourne Identity', every one of them possesses martial arts skills.
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I'm happy, so I just want to project that happiness through my music to make other people happy.
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Never had any mathematical conversations with anybody, because there was nobody else in my field.
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I'm getting really fond of the room in spite of the wallpaper. Perhaps because of the wallpaper.
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When you realize that we're the spirit that's in our bodies and our bodies are like the vehicles that take us around, you realize that you have to take care of that body.
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...poking a lump of red Jello that jiggles outrageously, like a breast I once knew.
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Whenever you do a film, it's always like a little miracle. So many people getting together trying to do something so that the audience can be entertained.
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I was weaned on chicken-fried steak and hominy grits with goopy gravy all over. I loved meat and wore fur.
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My best country record only sold 200,000 copies. I didn't have enough money for the band and the arrangements and the costumes and all. I had to move into wider fields.
