Dolly Parton Quotes
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Wildflowers don't care where they grow.
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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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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'll oil wells love you. I'll oil wells care. I'll oil wells need you. I want you oil wells dear.
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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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I'd love to do a duet, always wanted to work with Madonna, but she never asked.
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It was never a marketing tool. People say that, but I dress this way for the same reasons I did when I first started doing it. It still comes from a serious place inside of me. I get up in the morning, and I think I just look better a certain way I do my makeup. I want to shine, I want to glitter. I'm not getting up thinking, "Oh, this'll get 'em." And I'm not doing it to make a statement. I'm just doing it to look like Dolly - the Dolly that I know and the Dolly that you know.
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The bible says, 'All things are possible.' I believe that.
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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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I have to not harden my heart, because I want to stay open to feel things.
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I have surrounded myself with very smart people.
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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'm not intimidated by how people perceive me.
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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 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 mind being it [age 60], I just don't like saying it.
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If we can't be true to ourselves, what can we be true to?
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I do wear wigs. ... I sometimes make the joke about me standing on a hilltop with my hair blowing in the wind - and me too proud to run after it.
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Every day I pray about all I do.
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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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We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.
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I modelled my looks on the town tramp.
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We're all just a bunch of sinners, but we do the best we can.
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Most country songs, certainly all the stuff I've written, are stories driven by characters.