Dolly Parton Quotes
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Music is my personal addiction. So much of everything I've done has only been to open more doors for the music itself. It all gets back to the fact that I am, first of all, a songwriter and a singer.
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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 just kind of wake up with a new idea and new dreams every day, and I follow that dream, as they say.
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I will not play just an evil part. In fact, I got offered $7 million several years ago to play the part that Faye Dunaway played in 'Supergirl.' I was kind of insulted. I was impressed with the money, but I said, 'Why are you asking me to play an evil witch? Do I come across as an evil witch to you?'
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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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I had nothing growing up, but I always wanted to be 'sexy,' even before I knew what the word was.
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I got kind of scared when I thought they wanted me to do something... I didn't want to be naked on the front of a magazine unless everybody would know it was a joke. I wouldn't want to be naked even then.
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I wear make-up, and it gets a little bit thicker every year.
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We give scholarships to high school kids and a new library of books to every preschool child in the county where I was born. I didn't have books at home so I did all my reading at school. I love books and I believe that helping kids to read gives them a great start in life.
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If people work for me over the years, I expect them to be paid what they're owed, but I don't expect them to be paid more than they earn.
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I always loved that old song Banks of the Ohio - it was always such a man's song, so I've always wanted to record it.
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I'm no angel if that's what you thought you found. I was just the victim of a man that let me down.
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I used to try to write a song a day. I've been so busy lately.
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I think everyone should be with who they love. I don't want to be controversial or stir up a bunch of trouble but people are going to love who they are going to love. I think gay couples should be allowed to marry. They should suffer just like us heterosexuals. Ha ha ha!
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Until I was a teenager, I used red pokeberries for lipstick and a burnt matchstick for eyeliner. I used honeysuckle for perfume.
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Paradise is a state of mind.
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Wondering if God loves us when we're cheating? Oh, but why he lets us feel things, if it's wrong.
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My biggest extravagances are also investments. I have several houses in California, a house in Nashville, an office complex, and I bought the old home place in Tennessee. They are different places for me to write, but I can turn right around and sell them.
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Well, my smile's pretty hard to miss, considering I'm a gal who likes her lipstick-the redder the better.
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People just relate to me. They know I'm a regular person brought up in a hardworking, poor family, that I've had all the struggles that people have. I'm just a friendly person. And I hopefully have a good sense of humor. People get a kick out of my stupidity.
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Some people say that less is more. But I think more is more.
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I'm old enough and cranky enough now that if someone tried to tell me what to do, I'd tell them where to put it.
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For some reason, I have better luck when I work with women. I guess I have a good sense of sisterhood.
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My husband said 'show me your boobs' and I had to pull up my skirt... so it was time to get them done!