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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 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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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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I am amazed at the response of my being on the show. Everywhere I go, every young person points at me and says "Hi, Aunt Dolly." Or "Are you Aunt Dolly?" I love doing the show and I love Miley and Billy Ray [Cyrus]. I am proud to be her honorary Godmother.
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I don't mind being it [age 60], I just don't like saying it.
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I don't want to throw rice. I want to throw rocks.
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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.
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When I sit back in my rocking chair someday, I want to be able to say I've done it all.
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Laughter through tears is my favorite emotion.
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We're not all perfect. People always say to me: "Oh you seem happy all the time." But I'm not happy all the time. I'm a human being. I'm very sensitive. I hurt like anybody else. But I do try my best to have a good attitude and I set about tryin' to take care of myself knowing I'm not going to be exactly right, so I just try to see what I can do to improve every single day.
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Every time I come to Europe, I'm just as excited as I was my very first time, which was many, many years ago. I love that part of the world, and I especially love the fans.
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You don't see too many atheists on the deathbed. They all start cramming then.
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Mine is a jealous heart, imagines things that never are.
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Everywhere I go, the kids call me 'the book lady.' The older I get, the more appreciative I seem to be of the 'book lady' title. It makes me feel more like a legitimate person, not just a singer or an entertainer. But it makes me feel like I've done something good with my life and with my success.
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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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Love is like a butterfly As soft and gentle as a sigh The multicolored moods of love are like its satin wings Love makes your heart feel strange inside It flutters like soft wings in flight Love is like a butterfly, a rare and gentle thing.
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I'm a showgirl, as you can tell. I'm ever ready.
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Years ago when I first started being a big star I had fans that were fanatical. It was when "Jolene" was a big hit.
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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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My fat never made me less money.
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I'd love to develop and star in my own children's show, write children's books, do children's albums, movies, DVDs, etc.
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Sometimes if you jump into something too quickly, you can screw up something that might have been good two years down the road.
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When I meet someone, I look at their eyes and their smile and seek out the good first - it's easy to find when you're looking for it. You let a person shine with their own light and try to connect it to yours. As soon as I say hello, I go right to that light and I don't care who you are! I know we're all pieces of the same thing - I go for that common light because I know it's in all of us.
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Smile, it enhances your face value.
Dolly Parton