Dolly Parton Quotes
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Love is only as strong as your weakest moment.
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I do write a lot of children's songs, and I'm going to do a children's television show, which also means I'll be doing a lot of albums. So I do hope my future will hold a lot of things for children.
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A gypsy told me I was going to do great things. I was going to make all kinds of money.
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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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A tree reaches below the surface to gather strength for stargazing.
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I was not a natural beauty, and I always wanted to be pretty. I just have such an outgoing personality that it's fitting that I would be overdone.
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I don't think of myself as a feminist, but if someone calls me a feminist icon, that's fine. I've always stood up for women and myself in general. I have a great love and respect, because I have had beautiful sisters, aunts and my grandmas, but I love men. I totally understand the nature of men.
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I am a seeker, a poor, sinful creature, there is no weaker than I.
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I'm not a politician. And I don't want to be.
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I think your values are always influenced by your family and your community.
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My grandfather was a Pentecostal preacher. It was a sin to even pluck your eyebrows, and they thought it was a sin for me to be there looking like Jezebel.
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I've always believed in my talent. And I've always had more guts than talent.
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Some things are strange to me, and some things are odd. But I don't condemn. If you can accept me, I can accept you.
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If I can get my dress on, my weight is under control.
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I do believe that any successful business starts from the top and works its way down.
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I have tennis shoes with little rhinestones that I slip on if I exercise. But I always wear heels, even around the house. I'm such a short little thing, I can't reach my kitchen cabinets.
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Smile, it enhances your face value.
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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 never want anything more than what's fair. The problem is, I never want anything less either. In the old-boy school of business, if a woman walks away from the table with what's rightfully hers, the man feels screwed.
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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've never had that much trouble with the paparazzi, but I don't run the same circles that a lot of these people that do get hounded by the paparazzi.
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I've never been more moved by a voice than I have been by Roy Orbison. I loved him personally, and I loved his voice. I think of him often and frequently listen to his songs.
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I've used my femininity and my sexuality as a weapon and a tool... but that's just natural.
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I thank God for my failures. Maybe not at the time but after some reflection. I never feel like a failure just because something I tried has failed.