Dolly Parton Quotes
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Believe it or not, I was just given an honorary doctorate degree from the University of Tennessee.
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It's always great to perform at home in the good ol' U.S.A.
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The worst thing about poverty is not the actual living of it, but the shame of it.
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I used to always sit in church looking out the windows at the boys, wondering if I could make an excuse to go out and, you know, go to the bathroom because all the outdoor toilets. But anyhow, I was only going out to see the boys.
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People think I'm as shallow and superficial as I look, and it's a surprise when they find out, sure enough, I am.
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I'm almost like three people. There's me the, Dolly, the person. There's me, the star. And then there's me, the manager.
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I embrace everybody for who and what they are.
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Every time I come to Europe, I'm just as excited as I was my very first time, which was many, many years ago. I love that part of the world, and I especially love the fans.
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A lot of dreams can turn to nightmares... if you don't really work them.
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I try to be good at it, whatever part I'm playing - even in my daily life or when the spotlight hits me on the stage to perform - I gotta be alive every second in this world. With or without the applause!
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Islands in the streams, that is what we are.
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A baby, a real live baby was the craziest thing a fan has sent. Someone left a baby on our front doorstep with a note that they wanted us to raise it. Of course, we contacted the authorities and they took care of the baby.
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I figure if I keep my health, I have no intention of retiring. I love to work. I want to be like Bob Hope. I want to keep on going out and doing what I love to do. Of course, I'm no Bob Hope, but I mean that feeling that you never are old and have things to offer and can be useful to somebody. I always want to be useful, I have no intentions of retiring unless I should get sick or something should happen to my husband. Other than that I'm going to work until I fall over.
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It's a good thing I was born a girl, otherwise I'd be a drag queen.
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It doesn't bother me when someone calls me a 'dumb blonde.' I'm neither dumb or blonde.
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If there's something you know and there's something you feel, but you can't quite express it, you will hear it somewhere. And you don't have to worry, because someone will get it sung out.
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I never know tomorrow what I might be doing. I just ask God to lead me and show me and direct me and help me and support me in it. So I just wait to hear the call.
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People are looking for something a little more stable; people are feeling like they need to get closer to God.
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I've always been fascinated by everything with wings.
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I've never been the big recording star I'd love to be some day. I've had lots of hits off and on through the years but I've never had the success of other artists - one hit after another back-to-back-to-back and big hits, where every song is going to be number one. I'm not greedy or nothing. I just want everything. Is there something wrong with that?
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When I sit back in my rocking chair someday, I want to be able to say I've done it all.
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Everybody has a purpose.
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Wondering if God loves us when we're cheating? Oh, but why he lets us feel things, if it's wrong.
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Music is my personal addiction. So much of everything I've done has only been to open more doors for the music itself. It all gets back to the fact that I am, first of all, a songwriter and a singer.