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I have a strict policy that nobody cries alone in my presence.
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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'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 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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When someone shows you their true colors, believe them.
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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 have said I'd have probably done better in my career if I hadn't looked so cheap and gaudy. But I dress to be comfortable for me, and you shouldn't be blamed because you want to look pretty.
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I don't have time to stand around and listen to an 11-minute song.
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Any business you go into, you have to think about how much money you are willing to put into it, and how much you are not.
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Those people who wake up and they're just beautiful, they're just born that way. Well that ain't me. I gotta work for everything I've got.
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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 would never stoop so low as to be fashionable.
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If you talk bad about country music, it's like saying bad things about my momma. Them's fightin' words.
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I think that I'm perfect.
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Don't lose your temper; use it.
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The freewill you have given, we have made a mockery of.
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No one is ever successful at everything that they do.
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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 have sex with my husband, I fantasize I am with a petite, hot young woman.
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Stop this attitude that older people ain't any good anymore! We're as good as we ever were - if we ever were any good.
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I'm like a cartoon! I'll look this way when I'm eighty. I can see it now, people will be rolling me around in a wheelchair and I'll still have my big hair, nails, my high heels and my boobs stuck out!
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Dreams are of no value if they don't have wings and feet.
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A great smile is a wonderful asset, but a good heart is pure gold.
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My favorite movies of all times is 'Doctor Zhivago,' and I love 'Gone With the Wind.' I'd love to play some Southern belle or something where I owned a plantation.
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