Dolly Parton Quotes
If there's something bothering me in the business end of things with people I work with, I just say it right out.
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I'm afraid one thing - I don't like heights. Heights bug me out. I'm not cool with heights. I refuse to do a comedy show 12 stories up. I'm fearless about everything else.
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I see my role as a scholar announcing that women's feelings of unworthiness and insecurity often may be traced to training in a male-oriented religion, and I'm trying to investigate a richer spiritual life for both sexes.
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The first thing I saw was that Brett Rogers had his way very quickly - in 20 seconds - with a UFC champion, Andrei Arlovski.
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Journalists write because they have nothing to say, and have something to say because they write.
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I'm a rabid Steelers fan: I'm originally from Pittsburgh. So if the Giants or Pittsburgh are playing, the rest of Sunday is all about food and football.
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I feel like I flunked at adolescence really badly. I found it really difficult.
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Time whizzes by when you have children. They make you aware of the passing of time, but also help keep you young.
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I could have probably built a great career in management consulting, but one of the insights that I had early on is that just because you're good at something doesn't mean that you should continue to do it. Somewhere in my heart of hearts I knew it wasn't what I wanted to do.
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My songs are very personal, which means they are fantastically therapeutic to write, but performing them night after night is emotionally draining.
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I dare anybody to look at me and say I'm anorexic. I'm so totally not.
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I open the doors for everybody all the time.
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I'm not a Democrat.
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I think a lot of us feel the need to always be connected, and finding time to relax and sometimes play is something that I think we all need to make more time for, especially me.
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The chemistry that you get from living with your band and creating music and recording with your band translates to the stage.
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If writers just sit and talk about oppression, they are not going to do much writing.
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I was willing to accept what I couldn't change.
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You want to be smart. You don't want to put yourself in a position where you can't be there for the team when it comes down to the end.
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I'm very curious to know what it's like, death - I always say to my wife, 'I wonder if we'll have the 'New York Times' when we're dead.'
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I've always had an affinity with women. It probably started with my mother when I was young, but it was intensified by my sister, Elena, who is one year older than me. I used to hang out with her all the time, and whenever I travelled, I used to buy her clothes and style her.
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'True Blood' fans are as enthusiastic as any fans I've ever encountered.
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Do you realize I was actually on your side of this issue when I was chairing that committee and I first heard about this? I thought it must be true until I found out what it would cost.
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When I crossed Asia with my friend Peter Fleming, we spoke to no one but each other during many months, and we covered exactly the same ground. Nevertheless my journey differed completely from his.
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The more the father is involved, the more easily the child makes open, receptive, and trusting contact with new people in its life.
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If there's something bothering me in the business end of things with people I work with, I just say it right out.
