Dolly Parton Quotes
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I don't think I'm a great actress. I think I can act or I can react. Coming from a musical background and being a dramatic singer and writer, when I write stuff I really feel it. So I sing it like it comes from here. That's how I do the acting.
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My music is so mine, it's hard to turn it over to someone else. I have to be really involved in the production. It's like someone else taking care of your kids - if they don't treat them well, you're going to be pissed off. I'm actually co-producing [Backwoods] with my guitar player of 20 years, Kent Wells. We make a good combination... I think we're going to have a real good record.
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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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I do think there's gonna always be a group of country people that are always going to love the old traditional sound.
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Well, my smile's pretty hard to miss, considering I'm a gal who likes her lipstick-the redder the better.
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Depression runs in my family on both sides, and I have to be wary.
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I didn't know any gay people in my childhood.
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I listen to my old records and I think, 'How did I ever get on the radio?'
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I like to think I've been a good example and an inspiration to some people. And some people say that about me, but I'm just going about my work and doing what I do best. I'm a very professional 'Me.'
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I just can't stand to look plain, 'cause that don't fit my personality. I may be a very artificial-looking person, but the good news is, I'm very real on the inside.
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I'm very open with my business partners, just like I am with my husband.
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I just always knew I was going to be a star. I was always going to be rich so I could buy things for Mommy and Daddy, so that I could buy them a big house and we could have things.
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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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The secret to a long marriage is to stay gone.
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George Jones was my all time favorite singer and one of my favorite people in the world.
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Above everything else I've done, I've always said I've had more guts than I've got talent.
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I just try to be true to myself and look the way that I'm comfortable looking. Because if I'm comfortable with me, then you're going to be comfortable with me as well.
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I think your values are always influenced by your family and your community.
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I come from a family of 12, so I kind of got a little lost as a child.
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I'll never graduate from collagen.
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I was blessed to have family members who encouraged me to pursue my dreams. Whether it is your parents, or your uncles or your aunts or even the neighbor down the road, it's important that kids have someone who encourages them to chase their rainbow.
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I wanted to write a book that talked about the emotions of children, which is the rainbow. We all have moods. We talk about being blue when we're sad, and being yellow when we're cowards, and when we're mad, we're red.
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You can do anything you want to do as long as you keep a good attitude and keep working at it. But the second you give up, you’re screwed.
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Now I usually try not to give advice. Information, yes, advice, no. But, what has worked for me may not work for you. Well, take for instance what has worked for me. Wigs. Tight clothes. Push up bras.