Dolly Parton Quotes
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I used to try to write a song a day. I've been so busy lately.
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Our own freewill, to choose the paths we take, no greater deed could ever be done than for another's sake.
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I don't listen to music for fun. I ain't got enough time for fun! I'm always busy writing my own music. I don't try to compete or see what other people are doing.
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I've been to those places where it's 'poor, pitiful me.'
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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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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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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 don't mind being it [age 60], I just don't like saying it.
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Thanks to Botox and fillers, as well as the work that I've already had, my face pretty much maintains itself.
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That traveling man was a two time lover, he took my love, then he took my mother.
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Every day I pray about all I do.
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I'm a proud person. I'm not vain. I look at it like it is. If you've got the money and you're going to be out there, you owe it to people not to look like a dog if you can help it.
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Energy begets energy.
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I was always a junk food person, still am.
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When you come from where I come from, if anyone in the family makes it out, the others kind of come with you.
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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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I can write a song in about an hour if it's a simple country song.
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I'm in showbiz. I look at my boobs like they're show horses or show dogs. You've got to keep them groomed.
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I'd love to do a duet, always wanted to work with Madonna, but she never asked.
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There's a lot of rednecks in the country where I grew up.
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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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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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Most country songs, certainly all the stuff I've written, are stories driven by characters.
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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.