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.
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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've met so many who have opened doors for me and remained in my life both personally and professionally. After a while, networking doesn't feel like 'networking.' It's both serendipitous and unpredictable, and something that just naturally becomes part of your work life and your personal life.
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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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Both Mum and Dad were converts to Catholicism, and normally if you convert to Catholicism you have thought about it more than someone who just grew up with it, taking it for granted.
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All my coaching life, I am the same, always on the touchline, the same way. I am in the game all the time. I am focused.
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The thing that really makes me happy is the real work and rehearsing and creating the character and the process of making the movie. Hollywood's not real.
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Rehearsals are set up so that you find out all the nuances about your character. You never want to beat yourself up. It's about finding the right direction, and most of the time, the right direction is not what you think is the right direction. That's why the director's there: to guide you there.
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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.
