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" Being brought up very religious, I have a fear of people that look to idol gods. "
Dolly Parton
Religious
Look
Fear
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" I say, 'Yeah, Taylor Swift.' I think she is a smart, beautiful girl. I think she's making all the right moves. She's got a good head on her shoulders. She's surrounded with wonderful people. Her songs are great. She keeps herself anchored. She knows who she is, and she's living and standing by that. "
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People
Great
Good
" I've never been a feminist. "
Dolly Parton
Never
Feminist
Been
" I've been to those places where it's 'poor, pitiful me.' "
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Been
Me
Places
" I know that I always wanted things. I was always proud of my people, proud of my home, but I always wanted more. I think most people do. "
Dolly Parton
Know
Always
Think
" God has his plans and his reasons. Sometimes we are supposed to go through things so that we learn lessons. "
Dolly Parton
Sometimes
Plans
Learn
" We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails. "
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Adjust
Wind
Cannot
" 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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Husband
Think
Desire
" A lot of my heartbreak songs are inspired by things my sisters are going through, or friends. "
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Inspired
Going
Friends
" If you talk bad about country music, it's like saying bad things about my momma. Them's fightin' words. "
Dolly Parton
You
Words
Saying
" I'm gonna be making records anyway, even if I had to sell 'em out of the trunk of my car. I'm that kind of musician and singer. "
Dolly Parton
Out
Records
Sell
" Find out who you are. And do it on purpose. "
Dolly Parton
You
Out
Purpose
" '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. "
Dolly Parton
Back
You
Story
" I've always kinda been a little outcast myself, a little oddball, doin' my thing, my own way. And it's been hard for me to, to be accepted, certainly in the early years of my life. "
Dolly Parton
Early
Myself
My Own
" Until I was a teenager, I used red pokeberries for lipstick and a burnt matchstick for eyeliner. I used honeysuckle for perfume. "
Dolly Parton
Lipstick
Used
Until
" I think that I'm perfect. "
Dolly Parton
Perfect
Think
I Think
" Nobody can ever make enough money for as many poor relatives as I've got. Somebody's got a sick kid, or somebody needs an operation, somebody ain't got this, somebody ain't got that. Or to give the kids all a car when they graduate. "
Dolly Parton
Nobody
Sick
Kid
" I'm a workin' girl. "
Dolly Parton
Girl
" I've been very fortunate. "
Dolly Parton
Fortunate
Very
Been
" If I'd married someone in show business, there'd be too much competition. "
Dolly Parton
Business
Too Much
Someone
" I'll be like Bob Hope, touring when I'm 100. "
Dolly Parton
Bob
Touring
Like
" Believe it or not, I was just given an honorary doctorate degree from the University of Tennessee. "
Dolly Parton
Tennessee
Believe
University
" I can't keep somebody from being a star, and I can't make somebody a star, and nobody can. "
Dolly Parton
Keep
Star
Somebody
" People like bluegrass. It's had a following amongst a lot of hip and young people. A lot of college kids like bluegrass. "
Dolly Parton
Like
Kids
College
" When I wake up, I expect things to be good. If they're not, then I try to set about trying to make them as good as I can 'cause I know I'm gonna have to live that day anyway. So why not try to make the most of it if you can? Some days, they pan out a little better than others, but you still gotta always just try. "
Dolly Parton
Live
Better
Day
" As a songwriter, you respect and appreciate the writings of other people, and I often get asked, are there songs out there I wish I'd written? Yes. There's many of them! "
Dolly Parton
Wish
Respect
People
" I met my husband before I became a star, and he doesn't care about any of it. "
Dolly Parton
Care
Star
Before
" All of my brothers and sisters are very talented. They all sang all right. "
Dolly Parton
Brothers
Talented
Very
" I have tennis shoes with little rhinestones that I slip on if I exercise. But I always wear heels, even around the house. I'm such a short little thing, I can't reach my kitchen cabinets. "
Dolly Parton
Shoes
Short
Reach
" I don't think you ever really know what all you're doing, so you have to act on faith. "
Dolly Parton
Think
You
Know