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" A lot of people don't realise I came out of the Smoky Mountains with a load of songs. "
Dolly Parton
People
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" People like bluegrass. It's had a following amongst a lot of hip and young people. A lot of college kids like bluegrass. "
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" If you like good ol' fashion Southern soul food then, yes, I am a good cook! My specialty is chicken dumplings and poke salad. "
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" I know who I am, I know what I can and can't do. I know what I will and won't do. I know what I'm capable of and I don't agree to do things that I don't think I can pull off. "
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" I just don't feel like I have to explain myself. "
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" Of course, 'I Will Always Love You' is the biggest song so far in my career. I'm famous for several, but that one has been recorded by more people and made me more money, I think, than all of them. But that song did come from a true and deep place in my heart. "
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" I have little bones. "
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" I love Indian, Italian and Mexican food. And if it's a romantic type of thing, I like a good French restaurant. "
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" I'm not a politician. And I don't want to be. "
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" I'm always amazed by the people who work on stage who sing night after night, day after day, week in week out. "
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" I do have a few little tattoos, but they were mostly done to cover scars because I'm so fair. "
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" First thing I do in the morning, after I have my breakfast and do my spiritual work, is put on my makeup and fix my hair, and I can do my makeup in 15 minutes. "
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" I think people take me as seriously as I want them to. They take me as seriously as I take myself - let's put it that way. "
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" I will never retire unless I have to. "
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" People say I look so happy - and I say, 'That's the Botox.' "
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" I often joke that 100 years from now I hope people are saying, 'Dang, she looks good for her age!' "
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People
She
" 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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People
Accept
" God has his plans and his reasons. Sometimes we are supposed to go through things so that we learn lessons. "
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Plans
Learn
" Find out who you are. And do it on purpose. "
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" Children have always responded to me because I have that cartoon-character look. "
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" Life is a song to me. "
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" I was approached about having my own network many, many years ago. There were some people who wanted to start up a network, and I didn't want to get that involved in the business aspect of it. "
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Up
Start
" I'm just a friendly person; that runs in my family. "
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Person
Just
" Actually, I hear a lot of rock music. My husband is a big rock fan. "
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" I ain't never far away from a pencil and paper or a tape recorder. "
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Pencil
Far Away
" I've never been pregnant, so I just feel God didn't mean for me to have kids so that everybody else's children could be mine. "
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" '9 to 5,' that little song, that little story, just won't ever end. Just like 'I Will Always Love You,' it just keeps comin' back, popping up its head in one way or another. "
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" I would honestly say that with all the awards and all the other things that I've done in my life, Dollywood is one of the greatest dreams that I've ever had come true - I am so proud of that I can't even begin to tell you, Dollywood is real special to me. "
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