Dolly Parton Quotes
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By adopting a wonderful mutt, you'll save a life and help reduce animal homelessness while also boosting your chances of a more robust new furry friend, as mixed-breed dogs have demonstrated better health and longer life spans than their purebred cousins.
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I used to get some flack from my agents because I wouldn't even audition for parts where the hero uses violent force to be a hero.
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Now, everybody knows my music. So that's really cool. A lot of kids know it. Now, when I go to a sports game, everybody knows my name.
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My dad also plays a little banjo and guitar, my mom plays the mandolin.
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There are some movies you do for the character; there are some movies you do for the people.
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I was always used to being centre stage - something that had its good and bad points.
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I made a very conscious decision to quit acting. I was on a series, and we were in the process of renegotiating. They had an idea of what they thought I was worth, and I had an idea that was quite different.
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In my previous career as a chief executive of high-tech companies, I experienced firsthand the endless possibilities when people from diverse backgrounds work together. They get to know one another and quickly learn that they share more in common than they originally thought.
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War used to be something you could stand on the nearby hill and watch. Now we have total war; everybody's in it. We have total economics as well. Everything affects everybody. The Malaysian currency shakes, and people around the world are seriously affected.
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I was trying to be Mary Tyler Moore. I loved her in 'The Dick Van Dyke Show.'
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You have one big mythology in your favor: Everyone believes that you Europeans are impeccable. But I know you are jerks.
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If you simply announce that things are irrational, then that alone doesn't get you very far. You have to replace rational agents with some concrete notion of what it means to be irrational.
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Success is always temporary. When all is said and one, the only thing you'll have left is your character.
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When God created you, He went to great lengths to make you exactly the way He wanted you to be. You are His ultimate work of art.
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White lies keep social dignity intact and are far more prevalent than most people realize. Several studies have found that an average person is lied to from 10 to 200 times a day - mostly just to keep a conversation going, to avoid conflict, or to establish a connection with someone.
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No problem can be solved until it is reduced to some simple form. The changing of a vague difficulty into a specific, concrete form is a very essential element in thinking.
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I don't have to wear any other makeup as long as I have blush.
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While it's really hard to do, at the same time, I'm escaping my body, which I really want to do. I'm living someone else's life. I get very intensely into the story, into the interviews and the research. I'm experiencing things along with my subjects. I have a freedom I don't have in my physical life.
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A lot of players have told me they see me as a protector of my teammates, that, side by side, I'm there when something goes down, and I step up beside them and for them when things get nasty. I play the game hard, and I play it physical.
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I've upped my standards. Now, up yours.
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The media want the stories and the television companies want the stories and the papers want the story and means that it is everyday.
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I believe when the country feels threatened it is important that we are seen to be working together to find an appropriate structure for dealing with terrorists in our midst.
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If you're a fan of my work and I'm a fan of your work, it just seems logical for us to work on something together.
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If we all climb together, we could climb the highest hill.
