Dolly Parton Quotes
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I never could get my hair to do what I wanted it to do, so I started wearing the wigs. It all came from a very serious place. I wanted to look a certain way.
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People think I'm as shallow and superficial as I look, and it's a surprise when they find out, sure enough, I am.
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I love watching keep-fit videos while munching chocolate chip cookies.
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It costs a lot of money to look this cheap.
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I am not gay, but if I were, I would be the first one running out of the closet.
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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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The worst thing about poverty is not the actual living of it, but the shame of it.
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I prefer my music. I'm more of a one-nighter kind of person than to do a squat-down job for three months or whatever.
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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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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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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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A baby, a real live baby was the craziest thing a fan has sent. Someone left a baby on our front doorstep with a note that they wanted us to raise it. Of course, we contacted the authorities and they took care of the baby.
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I'm a showgirl, as you can tell. I'm ever ready.
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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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Sometimes I start with a great title or idea, sometimes a great melody will run through my mind; but the higher percentage of the time, the words and music pretty much come at the same time.
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I have surrounded myself with very smart people.
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We're all just a bunch of sinners, but we do the best we can.
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I've always been a freak and different, oddball even in my childhood and my own family, so I can relate to people who are struggling and trying to find their true identity. I do not sit in the seat of judgment. .. I love people for who they are. We're all God's children.
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Well, I do listen to God for direction, but I really don't have time to listen to other artists all that much.
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I've always been fascinated by everything with wings.
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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 don't think I'm supposed to boss other people around just because I'm a so-called celebrity or star. I hate that when people act that way. No one deserves it. I've seen it happen. I don't call those people out - they know who they are. Some enjoy that reputation.
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I never have changed in my taste, and the things that I love, and the way that I act, and all that. I never wanted to change, I just wanted to be successful, and be able to do more things for more people, and for myself as well.
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I never know tomorrow what I might be doing. I just ask God to lead me and show me and direct me and help me and support me in it. So I just wait to hear the call.