Dolly Parton Quotes
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We're not all perfect. People always say to me: "Oh you seem happy all the time." But I'm not happy all the time. I'm a human being. I'm very sensitive. I hurt like anybody else. But I do try my best to have a good attitude and I set about tryin' to take care of myself knowing I'm not going to be exactly right, so I just try to see what I can do to improve every single day.
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I went to bed hungry many nights as a child. It was a Dream that dressed me up when I was ragged, and it was a Dream that filled me up when I was hungry. Now it's my Dream to see that no child in this world ever goes hungry, certainly not here in America, the most bountiful country in the world. We can do better...we must!
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I know who I am, I know what I can and can't do. I know what I will and won't do. I know what I'm capable of and I don't agree to do things that I don't think I can pull off.
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Well, I do listen to God for direction, but I really don't have time to listen to other artists all that much.
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I have surrounded myself with very smart people.
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Got those moods a swinging, tears a slinging, nothing fits me, when it hits me, ranting, raving, misbehaving, PMS blues.
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I am confident that partnering my Dollywood Company with a great company like Gaylord will create something truly special.
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I'm in showbiz. I look at my boobs like they're show horses or show dogs. You've got to keep them groomed.
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I can't tell anybody else how to run their life or their business, but I really believe I've got a good bead on myself.
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I think I've got my business notions and my sense for that sort of thing from my dad. My dad never had a chance to go to school. He couldn't read and write. But he was so smart. He was just one of those people that could just make the most of anything and everything that he had to work with.
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Islands in the streams, that is what we are.
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There's a scripture that says, 'A merry heart doeth good like medicine.' I think that's true, too.
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I was always a junk food person, still am.
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I just love life. I love people. I love to write, that's my gift. I love to sing. I have a good attitude. I like to think I shine from the inside.
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I write a little something every day, even though I don't write a song [every day]. Everything inspires me. I'll come up with a line, or somebody will say something that will trigger something.
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With the first money I ever made I bought my Mommy and Daddy a car, and helped them fix their house up.
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There are certainly a lot of things that still need to change when it comes to women in the workforce.
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I had to get rich so I could afford to sing like I was poor again.
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Sometimes I start with a great title or idea, sometimes a great melody will run through my mind; but the higher percentage of the time, the words and music pretty much come at the same time.
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When you come from where I come from, if anyone in the family makes it out, the others kind of come with you.
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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.
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Every day I pray about all I do.
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The secret to a long marriage is to stay gone.
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I love traveling all over the world; but it's true: there's nothing like home.