Dolly Parton Quotes
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I write what I write, say what I say, 'cause I feel what I feel, and if I did it different, it would make me a liar! So I'd rather be an honest person than a good liar.
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I think people take me as seriously as I want them to. They take me as seriously as I take myself - let's put it that way.
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When I was with Andy Warhol, I thought, 'God, his wig looks cheaper than mine!'
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I was probably 7 years old when I started playing the guitar and writing some serious songs.
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Some guys look better as they get older.
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I want to be like one of those little fainting goats that get scared and then just fall over. I want to go and go and then drop dead in the middle of something I'm loving to do. And if that doesn't happen, if I wind up sitting in a wheelchair, at least I'll have my high heels on.
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People get a kick out of my stupidity.
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Love is only as strong as your weakest moment.
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I'll be wearing my high heels, even if I'm up to my knees in mud
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Wondering if God loves us when we're cheating? Oh, but why he lets us feel things, if it's wrong.
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You'll pay the highest price on back roads and in back seats and in a cheap highway motel. But what's a few more strangers in a life of nothing else.
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Goodbye- please don't cry/we both know that I'm not what you need. But I will always love you.
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No, I can't do rap music...
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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 used to sing songs and write with my uncle, Bill Owens.
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I think [music and acting], they are connected, all that stuff. It's your emotional self, is pretty much how you do it, I think, from whatever place you do it, whether you're acting or you're singing.
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We can't all be stars; we can't all be leaders. We are all God's creatures, living life, and we have that God light in us and we're supposed to let it shine. And not everybody wants to be like me and stick their neck out to get up on stage and perform. There are those like me, but there are also those that are of a shyer nature. And they're smarter than most of us that are out there showing our asses.
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It seems like the more I give the more I get, and that is the way it is supposed to go in life.
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I know when something ain't right, and I know exactly what I will or won't tolerate.
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I'm always amazed by the people who work on stage who sing night after night, day after day, week in week out.
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I don't know what the big deal is about old age. Old people who shine from the inside look 10 to 20 years younger.
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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'm a show-off basically... always have been.
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I ain't never far away from a pencil and paper or a tape recorder.