Dolly Parton Quotes
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If your actions create a legacy that inspires others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, then, you are an excellent leader.
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The bible says, 'All things are possible.' I believe that.
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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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Time marches on and sooner or later you realize it is marching across your face.
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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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A positive attitude and a sense of humor go together like biscuits and gravy.
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I'm not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I know I'm not dumb... and I also know that I'm not blonde.
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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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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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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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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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There's no such thing as free love. Have you seen the price of Viagra?
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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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I wanted to be a singer, of course, but there was something about the songwriting, then and now, that is the most important thing. It's how I express myself, how I express how I see things. When I see people struggling with emotions and feelings and don't know how to put it down, I'm able to do that. It's really like a therapy, and it's like a buddy and a friend. It's a way out of a lot of things.
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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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Wildflowers don't care where they grow.
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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 love to make things happen, I love to see things happen, I love to be a part of things that are happening.
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I tried the Scarsdale diet and the Stillman water diet (you remember that one, where you run weight off trying to get to the bathroom).
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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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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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A lot of people don't realise I came out of the Smoky Mountains with a load of songs.
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Don't lose your temper; use it.