Dolly Parton Quotes
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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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I couldn't have children, I tried to for years. I've never been pregnant in my life. When I was a girl and fooling around I was scared to death I'd get pregnant, and then when I got married and wanted to have children I couldn't have any. But I don't miss it. I did for awhile, but I realize that I am everybody's mother.
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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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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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The freewill you have given, we have made a mockery of.
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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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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've struggled enough in my life to be appreciated and understood. I've had to go against all kinds of people through the years just to be myself. I think everybody should be allowed to be who they are, and to love who they love. I don't think we should be judgmental. Lord, I've got enough problems of my own to pass judgment on somebody else.
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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 was the first woman to burn my bra - it took the fire department four days to put it out.
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The bible says, 'All things are possible.' I believe that.
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I wake up with new dreams every day. So the more I can do to channel that into things that I love to create is healthier for me and probably for everybody around me. And the older I get, the earlier I get up. The second my feet hit the floor, I'm awake. I'm like hurry, hurry. I just love life. And I feel like we ain't got but a certain amount of time anyway. I want to make the most of all of it.
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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'm just a singer/songwriter and entertainer and I miss people and the energy of the crowd. When I play live it's a lovefest with me and my audience. It's how I get my rocks off.
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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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Wildflowers don't care where they grow.
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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 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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I know the struggles of poor people, and have always kept that with me.
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I've been guilty of most of the stuff that's been said about me to some degree. And if I ain't done it, I probably will.
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I love watching keep-fit videos while munching chocolate chip cookies.
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I count my blessings far more than I count my money.
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George Jones was my all time favorite singer and one of my favorite people in the world.
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I'm not like a real person. I love being artificial. I think there's a little magic in the fact that I'm so totally real, but look so artificial at the same time.