Dolly Parton Quotes
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A long life in journalism convinced me many presidents ago that there should be a large air space between a journalist and the head of a state.
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Introspection, or 'sitting in the silence,' is an unscientific way of trying to force apart the mind and senses, tied together by the life force. The contemplative mind, attempting its return to divinity, is constantly dragged back toward the senses by the life currents.
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As a very young writer - kindergarten through about fifth grade - I most often wrote about black characters. My very early stories were science fiction and fantasy, with kids stowing away on spaceships and a girl named Tilly who was trying to get into the 'Guinness Book of World Records.'
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I was living at home until about 27 and decided it was time to move out and move somewhere else, so that's what I did. I wanted it to be the right thing to do. I didn't want to buy something out of my price range; I didn't want to be stupid with my money, so I decided to stay at home. Luckily, my mum and dad were amazing.
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It is a matter of simple fact that Icelanders have always been notoriously indolent.
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I do realize that God has given me so many blessings in my life. I mean, not only with football, but with the family that He's blessed me with and the opportunity He's given me to grow up in a home that embraces God.
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For man also, in health and sickness, is not just the sum of his organs, but is indeed a human organism.
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I loved singing rock-and-roll, jazz, anything on radio, anything commercial. I was able to do anything, but I didn't know what direction to go in.
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I absolutely have not spoken to Marvel. It doesn't mean that my team hasn't spoken to Marvel.
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Love of country is like love of woman - he loves her best who seeks to bestow on her the highest good.
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My interest in Virtual Reality (VR) films began for me when I began a fellowship with MIT's Open Documentary Lab. It was a profound experience to be on MIT's campus one day a week and to enter a new world of storytelling where breaking convention and traditional methods were expected. This was deeply challenging and inspiring.
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I feel like everybody is against Floyd Mayweather. I don't get any respect.
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It is our choices... that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.
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I wanted to be into fashion, but I was never the kind of person who could keep up with fashion trends, and I could never style my hair the way everyone else's was - my hair was very thin, so I couldn't do, like, the sprayed bangs everyone else was into.
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The givers of most of the corruption in Africa are from outside Africa.
Olusegun Obasanjo -
I'm so absolutely pro-Denver. I wrote a fake hip-hop song about Denver. I've been claiming Denver. Part of the joke of the song is nobody was really claiming Denver - no rappers, no comedians.
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I think we brothers realised his loss more and more as we grew older. We actually grew closer after his death.
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It turns out, by the way, that oil rigs today generally don't cause spills. They are technologically very advanced.
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You have to be driven by something greater than you, where you don't surrender, and you commit to something like that.
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Whiskey is all right in its place - but its place is hell.
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When you watch it, you're like, Wow. I look like that. But it doesn't feel like that at all. It was about communicating with Gale Harold and getting across what I wanted to say about the character.
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I've got a superstar like Usher singing bachata, a tune featuring Lil Wayne. I'm offering people more than just bachata. That captures a new audience that would listen to bachata because Usher is singing.
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Rules are what governs us as humans, but it was wonderful to meet a man who said "There are no rules. You gotta be what you gotta be and you gotta believe in it." I know that's a feeling I used to feel a lot at a younger age, and through the sense of responsibility and working with so many and taking on so many duties and actions, you lose if you don't stay on top of it. So that's what I love about this man, that there are no rules.
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I do believe that any successful business starts from the top and works its way down.
