Dolly Parton Quotes
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I think every entertainer's had nights when things go wrong. I mean you can't remember everything all the time, and especially if you're having hard times personally, things going on that you - you know, and then people make it worse. And that makes you feel worse.
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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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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'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.
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People just overshoot trying to find God. They're going outside and trying everything. They don't realize that it's right inside themselves.
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You know, I look like a woman but I think like a man. And in this world of business, that has helped me a lot. Because by the time they think that I don't know what's goin' on, I then got the money, and gone.
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Kenneth Hari is a true artist and in my opinion a psychic. When he is painting you, he feels your heart and soul.
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I know the struggles of poor people, and have always kept that with me.
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If I see something sagging, dragging and bagging, I’ll get it nip, tucked, sucked or plucked.
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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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I'm always amazed by the people who work on stage who sing night after night, day after day, week in week out.
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I count my blessings far more than I count my money.
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If I could get their attention long enough, I felt they would see beneath the boobs and find the heart, and that they would see beneath the wig and find the brains. I think one big part of whatever appeal I possess is the fact that I look totally one way and that I am totally another. I look artificial, but I'm not.
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You can't just will your dreams to come true. You have to work hard. You have to give 'em wings, arms, legs...whatever it takes to make your dreams come true.
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People are always asking me in interviews, 'What do you think of foreign affairs?' I just say, 'I've had a few.'
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[On growing up in a large family with little money:] ... to take a bath ... we just had a pan of water and we'd wash down as far as possible, and we'd wash up as far as possible. Then, when somebody'd clear the room, we'd wash possible.
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A great smile is a wonderful asset, but a good heart is pure gold.
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After Momma gave birth to twelve of us kids, we put her up on a pedestal. It was mostly to keep Daddy away from her.
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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.
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I do have a lot of gays in my family now, but some will never come out.
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I have a good attitude. And I was born with a happy heart. I'm always looking for things to be better.
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I have had some cosmetic surgery, especially after I lost weight and stuff, and I've had my breasts lifted - but not injected. That would scare me to death, anyway.
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I don't know that I'm beautiful or glamorous. I'm a pretty artificial looking person. I sure am flattered when people think I'm beautiful, but I think I'm leaning towards more cartoonish than beautiful. But I'm comfortable with who I am. And since I wasn't born as a natural beauty, I just make the most of what I've got.
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God knows when the end of time will come, not some fanatic... The world will end someday, but the end of the world and the end of time are two different things.