Dolly Parton Quotes
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I always think of myself as a working girl.
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I never thought, in my lifetime, that you'd be able to watch movies, read books and listen to music from a phone, but I guess the technology of tomorrow is here today.
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I was always a junk food person, still am.
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I'd love to do a duet, always wanted to work with Madonna, but she never asked.
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There's a heart beneath the boobs and a brain beneath the wig.
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For some reason, I have better luck when I work with women. I guess I have a good sense of sisterhood.
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I wouldn't wanna go out not looking like the Dolly people have come to know, because I've come to know her that way, too.
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My mistakes are no worse than yours.
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Everywhere I go, the kids call me 'the book lady.' The older I get, the more appreciative I seem to be of the 'book lady' title. It makes me feel more like a legitimate person, not just a singer or an entertainer. But it makes me feel like I've done something good with my life and with my success.
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Nobody can ever make enough money for as many poor relatives as I've got. Somebody's got a sick kid, or somebody needs an operation, somebody ain't got this, somebody ain't got that. Or to give the kids all a car when they graduate.
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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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When the new country came out ten to 15 years ago, people my age were almost too old. But it never stopped me. I never stopped writing. I never stopped recording.
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I don't keep up with a lot of trends. I've never been a fashion horse. I'm so busy writing my songs, trying to maintain my business, and all the new things that come along. I stay working all the time.
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People don't realize that, you know, we have - "we" meaning people in show business have the same problems as everybody else. Money don't change that. Fame don't change that. Sometimes that brings on more problems. You know, it's just a - different kind of problems. As they say, money ain't everything.
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Sometimes if you jump into something too quickly, you can screw up something that might have been good two years down the road.
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I'm working on my life story. I'm not decided if it's going to be a musical or a movie with music in it.
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I'm a singer, a writer and an actress - when I find something that I feel good enough about doing.
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People tend to fear what they do not know, and what they fear they dislike.
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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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Speaking of the devil, well here he comes now. Got my defenses down. And I'd go through hell to make him mine.
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I'm so thankful I can write songs. I can capture all those memories in my songs and keep those memories alive.
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My husband says I look like a Q-tip.
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You are the song of every bird, you are the poet's every word, every artist's picture, every writer's play.
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Sometimes a song just has to cater to whatever's goin' on. A well-written song is a song that stays true to the subject.