Dolly Parton Quotes
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You can bet there's something fishy going on. I guess some large mouth bass left that lipstick on our shirt.
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Actually, I hear a lot of rock music. My husband is a big rock fan.
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A lot of my own relatives didn't get to go to school because we were mountain people. You have to get out and work and help feed the family. My own dad couldn't read and write. And my dad was very proud of me.
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You always want your people to be proud of what you have accomplished.
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As a songwriter, you're allowed to write anything, and as a person, I am all colors in the rainbow. I've been through everything, you know, so I can write a positive song like 'Better Get to Livin'' because that's my attitude. But that doesn't mean I'm happy all the time. You can't be a deep and serious songwriter without feelings. You kinda have to live with your feelings out on your sleeve and get hurt more than most people. The fear I might get hurt means I might not be able to write another song.
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I'm a fool to keep staying, when you've made hurting me such an art.
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Love is only as strong as your weakest moment.
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Leave something good in every day.
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I think that I know the value of a dollar.
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Is forever longer than always?
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I always ask God to work through me and let me be a light of some kind and help in this world, so I always pray for that, and I always want to do good.
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My lips, I've used collagen. I line my lips with collagen.
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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'll never harden my heart but I've toughened the muscles around it.
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In the early days, Porter Wagoner would not exactly scold me, but he's say, 'You're writing too many damn verses. You're makin' these songs too damn long.' And I'd say, 'Yeah, but I'm tellin' a story. I have a story to tell.' And he'd say, 'Well, you're not going to get it on the radio.' If I start writing a song, I'm writing it for a reason. People would say that I had to have two verses, and a chorus, and a bridge. I tried to learn that formula.
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I hope to die right in the middle of a song and right on the stage doing what I love to do. I hope to be about 120 when that happens.
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I've copyrighted 3,000 songs.
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I've never been a feminist.
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Even now, if I am thinking about spending a lot of money on clothing or furniture, I think 'I can't spend so much money on one thing; my poor old Daddy could have raised his family five years on that!'
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One of the things I'm real proud of is I just made a deal with 20th Century Fox, and I've got my own production company now. I'm developing some television and movies for other people because I have a lot of fresh new ideas. To write is what I love the most.
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I write for myself things that I've gone through.
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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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Truth is, I wouldn't know a gigabyte from a snakebite.
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Dollywood is a family park, and all families are welcome. We do have a policy about profanity or controversial messages on clothing or signs. It is to protect the individual wearing or carrying them, as well as to keep down fights or problems by those opposed to it at the park.