Dolly Parton Quotes
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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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You're no Elvis Presley, I'm no Marilyn Monroe, but I do think you're sexy, just thought I'd tell you so.
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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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People just relate to me. They know I'm a regular person brought up in a hardworking, poor family, that I've had all the struggles that people have. I'm just a friendly person. And I hopefully have a good sense of humor. People get a kick out of my stupidity.
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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 met my husband before I became a star, and he doesn't care about any of it.
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You can't just will your dreams to come true. You have to work hard. You have to give 'em wings, arms, legs...whatever it takes to make your dreams come true.
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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 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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All of my brothers and sisters are very talented. They all sang all right.
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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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People say you shouldn't have plastic surgery because if God wanted you another way he would have made you that way, but I say that's a lot of crock. If God didn't want plastic surgeons, he wouldn't have given them hands to work with.
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Living in America and, of course, just being women in general, we've got more strength than we think we do.
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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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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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The secret to a long marriage is to stay gone.
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I'm just a simple country girl.
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It's almost like being trapped in some other form. The real me is so different from the way I look on the outside.
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Of course, 'I Will Always Love You' is the biggest song so far in my career. I'm famous for several, but that one has been recorded by more people and made me more money, I think, than all of them. But that song did come from a true and deep place in my heart.
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I have two favorite colors - white and yellow. White makes me feel light and airy. Yellow makes me happy.
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You can bet there's something fishy going on. I guess some large mouth bass left that lipstick on our shirt.
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I remain totally convinced that if we can do one more simple thing to help kids and adults to learn more, it is to inspire them to read more.
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I don't have maids or servants, and my husband and I love waking up early and going to the 24-hour supermarket when there is nobody else there.
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I don't think you ever really know what all you're doing, so you have to act on faith.