Dolly Parton Quotes
A lot of my heartbreak songs are inspired by things my sisters are going through, or friends.
Quotes to Explore
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Born with blue spectacles, you would think the world was blue and never be conscious of the existence of the distorting glass.
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The new technologies that we see coming will have major benefits that will greatly alleviate human suffering.
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I am obsessed with proportion, and how proportion is perceived.
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I still consider myself a working-class girl and would send my kids to public school.
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Growing up in a particular neighborhood, growing up in a working-class family, not having much money, all of those things fire you and can give you an edge, can give you an anger.
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Each song is a small universe to me. Each song has a story of its own. Each has a full life to express in order to be complete, so it often happens that the building to a big crescendo feels right in the recording or writing process.
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I don't want to look back and say, 'Yeah, I was really successful, but I failed at fatherhood because I wasn't there.'
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The value of an arts education is widely accepted, especially in California.
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Dismissals of poetry are nothing new. It's easy to dismiss poetry if one has not read much of it.
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When I started performing in public, I was probably around 10 or 11.
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People must not do things for fun. We are not here for fun. There is no reference to fun in any Act of Parliament.
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From a Child I was fond of Reading, and all the little Money that came into my Hands was ever laid out in Books.
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Jesus Christ will appear with me on the platform...
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The rule of law is crucial to a civilized society - so we should go out of our way to uphold and strengthen it to the extent possible.
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I did not have a lot of spare time after I was about eleven because in my youth, young people used to try to find ways of making money after school. From about age eleven on, I either shined shoes or did something such.
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I'm kind of ready for anything. I don't really get nervous, and I'm not the type of person who gets worried about a game. I just play the game, and I enjoy it.
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I tried to avoid anything that caused me frustration or grief or duress. I played FarmVille and procrastinated like all teenagers.
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When my mother tells me to do something, I'll do my own thing. A strong character can be good, but sometimes it is not good. I hope it's good in my case.
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I always thought it was a B.S. thing that they didn't show it [scalping] in other Westerns, but especially if you're going to really go with the idea that we're desecrating the bodies, and the idea is to strike fear in the hearts of other German soldiers, then we had to see what they're talking about.
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It seems to me an indictment of the Republican Party that if you talk about issues of poverty and upward mobility, people assume you're a Democrat.
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We live through the belief of children...Regicide is suicide, citizens. Inscribe that in your hearts. The Great Pretend is a fragile construct.
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I have this old worn-out, skintight T-shirt that I love. That's sexy.
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Luck is when preparation meets opportunity. I'll share the formula I learned while forging my way forward as a full-time painter for forty-four years. The steps all break down to one simple sentence: Make art that connects with enough folks for you to earn a splendid living.
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A lot of my heartbreak songs are inspired by things my sisters are going through, or friends.
