Dolly Parton Quotes
I'm very proud of all the bluegrass-oriented albums. It just reminded me and my fans that I should always record acoustic music and country records, along with anything else that I might want to do.
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When I am cast in a movie where I feel that the woman's part is more interesting, I usually start thinking about Spencer Tracy and Fred Astaire. They seem to be the most clear actors when working with women.
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You're going to have some ups and downs, so you have to prepare yourself to be ready. Those down moments come.
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I've sort of heard that 'it' girl thing, but not really. Hearing it from a few people doesn't solidify it in my mind and I wouldn't know how to solidify that title. It's so elusive and what does it mean, I don't know?
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Rome will exist as long as the Coliseum does; when the Coliseum falls, so will Rome; when Rome falls, so will the world.
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I'm always looking to do things that are really different from each other.
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I've been so spoiled in the theater, writing plays where I can just do exactly what I want and nobody messes with me.
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The war on terror is the most insane and immoral war of all time. The Americans are doing what they did in Vietnam, bombing villages. But how can a civilised nation do this? How can you can eliminate suspects, their wives, their children, their families, their neighbours? How can you justify this?
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I hope one day I will host my own charity event to give back to society.
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My mum is my beauty icon, because she represents what I think beauty is.
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I just think that all of us in this room should have a voice in how the USA is represented. And he don't allow us our voice, that's all I'm saying.
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I just want to make a name for myself and get to the next level.
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Some might complain that nuclear disarmament is little more than a dream. But that ignores the very tangible benefits disarmament would bring for all humankind. Its success would strengthen international peace and security. It would free up vast and much-needed resources for social and economic development. It would advance the rule of law.
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It's time for women to wake up, to use the power of the vote, to honor the suffragists who chained themselves to the White House fence so that women could vote.
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We all belong to South Africa, and South Africa belongs to us all.
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In 1945, the world was in a shambles. American companies had no competition. So nobody really thought much about quality. Why should they? The world bought everything America produced. It was a prescription for disaster.
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It's funny. All you have to do is say something nobody understands and they'll do practically anything you want them to.
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If I can, I love staying in pajamas all day and watching movies and eating good food.
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I always felt of myself as a composer, performer, improviser. I've never called myself a jazz man. I make art.
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I am committed to the idea of information politics. That is how contemporary politics are played out.
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Most films made about the future acquiesce toward death, and I don't want to be told how to define my future.
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Boy bands should be exploded from a great height. They're just pretty people singing music written by others.
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I grew up in Texas City, Texas. I didn't know anybody who was a director or whose parents or grandparents were directors. I met somebody from a nearby town one time whose father had been to the moon - it was far more likely to be an astronaut than it was to be a writer or a director.
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Working in any country where you want to talk about the kind of issues that other people don't want to talk about is difficult.
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I'm very proud of all the bluegrass-oriented albums. It just reminded me and my fans that I should always record acoustic music and country records, along with anything else that I might want to do.
