Dolly Parton Quotes
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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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I think I became more productive through not having children. I never really had the desire to have them. My husband didn't want them either, so it worked out well.
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Some people say that less is more. But I think more is more.
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I was very honored to get to be part of 'American Idol.'
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You can do anything you want to do as long as you keep a good attitude and keep working at it. But the second you give up, you’re screwed.
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I really learned to sing in church, I think, really with emotion.
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I'm not going to limit myself just because people won't accept the fact that I can do something else.
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It took me years to eat a lot of shellfish. I was probably 20 years old before I had even seen a shrimp cocktail. I like oysters, but fried.
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I think 9/11 affected everybody in one way or another.
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I figure if I keep my health, I have no intention of retiring. I love to work. I want to be like Bob Hope. I want to keep on going out and doing what I love to do. Of course, I'm no Bob Hope, but I mean that feeling that you never are old and have things to offer and can be useful to somebody. I always want to be useful, I have no intentions of retiring unless I should get sick or something should happen to my husband. Other than that I'm going to work until I fall over.
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Hello God, if we are still on speaking terms, can you help me?
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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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You're not going to see your dreams come true if you don't put wings, legs, arms, hands, and feet on 'em.
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Adjusting to the passage of time is a key to success and to life: just being able to roll with the punches.
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I try to see the good in everybody, and I don't care who people are as long as they're themselves, whatever that is.
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I have been asked to pose for Penthouse on my hundredth birthday. Everybody is going to be sorry.
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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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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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I modelled my looks on the town tramp.
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No matter how beautiful a woman might be, you're always threatened by certain... You're always threatened by
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I think god gave us talent because he screwed up our hair
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The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain. When I'm inspired, I get excited because I can't wait to see what I'll come up with next. Find out who you are and do it on purpose.
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You never know what's going to happen to you when you head out into the big world. And when you get older, you don't know how you're going to be thought of or seen.
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Energy begets energy.