Dolly Parton Quotes
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There's really no way to be perfect. Perfectionism is a silly trait to have, so in a lot of ways that inspired the world of 'Divergent,' in which everyone is striving toward that ideal and falling short of it.
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It would be easier to make money in other sectors, but since I was a kid, I liked cars.
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Why not a space flower? Why do we always expect metal ships?
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The great musicians are those who can reach people, who can make people feel something.
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I do films that I like. I have done comedy, romance, everything, and I always like to do it differently from the previous ones.
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I have no ill will about anything.
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Religious people today are courts and juries. When it comes down to it, Jesus died on the cross so that we could learn to love others like we love ourselves, not judge them or persecute them.
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Over recent years, urbanisation, globalisation and the destruction of local cultures has led to a rise in the prevalence of mental illness in the developing world.
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When we think back at our youth, we always remember the feeling of freedom... that you actually believe in the world. Even if it goes well for you in life, you can never attain that freedom in your imagination of what you think life could be. We are tainted.
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What do you want me to do, rob a bank?
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Performance art is going to be the future. Plays on Broadway are so restricted. But performance art is like haikus, just one line thing. And it's more casual but more interesting.
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I play drums and guitar, I snowboard, I do martial arts and acrobatics. I go to the movies every Friday.
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When I started doing standup when I was 17, I was talking about being Indian and specifically ethnic jokes. Straightforward stuff that was fairly ignorant that I knew would get the laugh. It wasn't flipping stereotypes; it was using them.
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Slow down, everyone. You're moving too fast.
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I learned long ago that the most effective way to compete is to play your own game, and I've been competing with men my whole life.
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I think you have a moral responsibility when you've been given far more than you need, to do wise things with it and give intelligently.
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I never, ever would have imagined the kind of career I've had. It just wouldn't have occurred to me that anything like this could have been possible. I didn't have any such aspirations. And I still can't believe my good fortune.
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Israel was founded as a refuge for the Jewish people, but today it isn't a safe place. It is safer to be Jew in New York.
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Opera is music AND drama. I'm prepared to sacrifice the beautiful note for the meaningful sound any time... I can make a pretty tone as well as anyone, but there are times when the drama of a scene demands the opposite of a pretty sound.
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My wife and I love to read. We're going to have to move out to make room for the books! And we have our dogs.
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All I can really remember doing was listening to the radio and listening to records when I was at school. I wasn't very academic, and I certainly wasn't a very good student.
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I still miss music and singing. One day, I'm going to sing with a big band.
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It is easy to imagine fantasy as physical and myth as real. We do it almost every moment. We do this as we dream, as we think, and as we cope with the world about us. But these worlds of fantasy that we form into the solid things around us are the source of our discontent. They inspire our search to find ourselves.
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Dreams are of no value if they don't have wings and feet.
