Dolly Parton Quotes
I love writing every song I can like a little mini movie. I like to have a character, or some characters, and really paint a picture with the song.
Quotes to Explore
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Magneto wants to cope with the difficulties thrust upon him by society and by his own nature.
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My attitude is govern as if you've run your last race. That's not to say I've run my last race, but govern with a liberation and a freedom; change your mind frame to operate that way.
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Writers should provoke disagreement.
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I have no problem with violence, I have no problem playing horrible people.
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The Japanese version comes with a translation, but that's different from the lyrics, so people could look things up and find a translation of their own if they're interested.
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At some point, you're going to have to be willing to take a punch for your team. If your employees or your teammates will see that you're willing to do that, they are more likely to be loyal to you, and your team is more likely to function better.
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The thing I find really scary about ghosts and demons is that you don't really know what they are or where they are. They're not very well understood. You don't know what they want from you. So it's the kind of thing you don't even know how to defend yourself against. Anything that's unknown and mysterious is very scary.
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This is America, not a banana republic.
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There's this element of surprise when you're writing songs, like it's something outside of you that you get to be part of. And it's just exciting. And that's why I keep writing - because I like that feeling.
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I always say I was born too late in the world, too old.
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I regard it as a waste of time to think only of selling: one forgets one's art and exaggerates one's value.
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London is one of the most exciting cities in the world, with a melting pot of cultures and diversity.
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The science of morality is about maximizing psychological and social health. It's really no more inflammatory than that.
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We all get old, but I always say the skinny, pretty girls will be screwed.
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The Author to the Reader I’ve read that Luther said (it’s come to me So often that I’ve made it into meter):And even if the world should end tomorrowI still would plant my little apple-tree.Here, reader, is my little apple-tree.
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I look around at all the girl singers, and I think they're all my children... and they're all going to do this... And, yes, maybe I inspired them because I did get through a lot, and I did have the same problems that they're going to have. You do have to give up a lot for it.
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I spent many a summer early morning with the radio very low, half sleeping and half listening.
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I don't care about being the champ champ. I want to be the only consecutive 12-time defending champion in any mixed martial arts promotion.
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I don't see myself being an actress forever.
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I wouldn't ever do a radio edit because I feel like it would totally go against the point of 'Follow Your Arrow.' I just think you're going to like it or not like it.
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In performing experiments, it is necessary... that they be simplified as much as possible, and that every circumstance that could complicate the results should be completely removed.
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Everyone seemed to be doing well except me and my career. And my accent was no helping me any.
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I love writing every song I can like a little mini movie. I like to have a character, or some characters, and really paint a picture with the song.
