Dolly Parton Quotes
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Understanding isn't learned from punishment and anger. An iron has no gentle touch, and love ain't learned from hate.
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I don't trust anyone who does their own hair. I don't think it's natural.
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Time marches on and sooner or later you realize it is marching across your face.
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There's no such thing as free love. Have you seen the price of Viagra?
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My nails are my rhythm section when I'm writing a song all alone. Some day, I may cut an album, just me and my nails.
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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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It's not easy being young. It's hard to know what to do.
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I tried every diet in the book. I tried some that weren't in the book. I tried eating the book. It tasted better than most of the diets.
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In fact, I bought our first family television with my own money, putting it on credit and then paying it off every week.
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I have always been a firm believer in working hard for what is right and for making your own breaks if you want things to change.
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I'm the kind of person who would rather rock in my rocking chair when I'm old and regret a few things that I did than to sit there and regret that I never tried.
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I always had a very open mind and a very open heart. I always look for the good in everybody and the God in everybody. I play to that. And I just love people. I love the difference in people. I love getting to know people. I appreciate getting accepted myself, because I know I'm unusual. And I love the unusual in other people.
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When I talk to a man, I can always tell what he's thinking by where he is looking. If he is looking at my eyes, he is looking for intelligence. If he is looking at my mouth, he is looking for wisdom. But if he is looking anywhere else except my chest he's looking for another man.
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The guitar is my favorite and the one, I guess, I'm best at. But I play enough of the different instruments to be able to write with them and to, hopefully, to make myself look impressive on stage.
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Daddy worked for God, but asked for no pay. For he believed that God provides a way.
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If I hadn't been a woman, I'd be a drag queen for sure. I like all that flair and I'd be dressing up in them high heels and putting on the big hair. I'd be like Ru Paul.
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I just write all the time. In my whole life I've never had what I've heard people talk about writer's block. I've never had that. Life is like a song to me. I just hear everything in music, so I have never once thought "Well, I'm never gonna be able to write again." I've got thousands of songs.
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Don't lose your temper; use it.
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It doesn't bother me when someone calls me a 'dumb blonde.' I'm neither dumb or blonde.
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The bible says, 'All things are possible.' I believe that.
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Wildflowers don't care where they grow.
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A real important thing is that, though I rely on my husband for love, I rely on myself for strength.
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I make jokes about it, but it's the truth that I kind of patterned my look after the town tramp. I didn't know what she was, just this woman who was blond and piled her hair up, wore high heels and tight skirts, and, boy, she was the prettiest thing I'd ever seen. Momma used to say, "Aw, she's just trash," and I thought, That's what I want to be when I grow up. Trash.
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Sometimes, you see folks who have a negative view of dreamers - people who sit around all day on their hindquarters and do absolutely nothing. These folks aren't dreamers - they are just lazy. To me, dreaming is just part of being alive, inspired, and curious about the world.