Dolly Parton Quotes
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Being brought up very religious, I have a fear of people that look to idol gods.
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I'm very open with my business partners, just like I am with my husband.
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Some of my dreams are so big they would scare you.
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Yeah I flirt, I'm not blind and I'm not dead!.
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My first job was singing on the Cas Walker radio show in Knoxville, Tennessee. I was about 10 years old and I thought it was big time.
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I don't have anything to say about other people's art and their work.
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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 bought all those fitness videos -- Richard Simmons, Jane Fonda. I love to sit and eat cookies and watch 'em.
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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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My first phone was two tin cans tied together with string, and it worked pretty good.
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I think that I know the value of a dollar.
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I often get myself in love trouble because I'm so passionate; I love so much and so deep.
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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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I'm pretty sure in my older years, I'll be doing old-time flavored folk-mountain music.
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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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I've used my femininity and my sexuality as a weapon and a tool... but that's just natural.
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I write for myself things that I've gone through.
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I'm not really a political-type person, meaning that I don't really make great stands or whatever, but if you ask me a direct question I say it shouldn't matter who you are, whether you're black, white, green, gay, male, female. If you can do a job and do it well you should be paid for it, you should be respected for it, and you have to be responsible. I think sometimes people can go too fare trying to make a point. I think they should just make their point and go on about.
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You always want your people to be proud of what you have accomplished.
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I've always kinda been a little outcast myself, a little oddball, doin' my thing, my own way. And it's been hard for me to, to be accepted, certainly in the early years of my life.
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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 usually get up at 3 A.M. I don't require a lot of sleep, and if I get tired, I'll take a powernap during the day.
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I will never retire unless I have to.
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I don't think you ever really know what all you're doing, so you have to act on faith.