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" I never dreamed that they would ask me to do a TV show. I'm the most surprised person of all. "
Trisha Yearwood
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" I have adopted an 80/20 rule when it comes to my delicate relationship with food: 80 percent of the time, I make good choices; 20 percent of the time, I let myself splurge a little. "
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" We play everybody's Christmas records at our house, and sometimes you think, 'I'm not gonna play my own record; I'd be embarrassed.' But I'm gonna play our record this Christmas, because I love the songs! "
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" I don't sign every check anymore, but I have my checks, my balances. I like the people I work with very much, but I check on them. "
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" I have to say, I've never been the girl that's had the five-year plan, the 10-year plan, and I'm still not. "
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" I was an A student and I liked creative writing. "
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" The thing that people have said over and over again, especially people who don't cook, is, 'I watch your show, the food makes me hungry, and I think I can make that.' That's exciting because we've heard that a lot of people watch cooking shows but don't make the food. "
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" I'm 47, You learn life is short and it's not worth doing something if you don't enjoy it. "
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" When I made my first album, there was no indication that anybody other than my parents were going to buy it. "
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" We sat together as a family for dinner at night. And my mother had a job. My dad had a job. But there was always a meal on the table at 6:00, you know. "
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" You find what makes you happy, and it's usually being with the person you want to be with. "
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" I grew up in Georgia, so I grew up listening to the Allman Brothers. "
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" I gotta say, I'm a huge Chris Stapleton fan. "
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" I absolutely refused to make out with the gorgeous male model. "
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" The best thing that I bring in my live show is that it's not scripted. It's more of a conversation with my audience. And that's what people like about the show - it's very real. There are mistakes and laughter. "
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" You sign your life away, basically, when you sign a record deal, and if you have a platinum album, then you go back in and renegotiate. "
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" I'm as surprised as anybody. I never would have thought I'd be here talking about having a cooking show on the Food Network. It wasn't on my list of things, but it's fun, and I'm having a good time. "
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" Songs are like movies to me, and so you put yourself in the movie. You become a character in the movie. "
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" When people say, 'You seem so grounded; you seem so normal,' I think it's the way I was raised and the way my sister and I were brought up by our parents. "
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" Divorce is so common and accepted in America that beating myself up over it may sound ridiculous. But I was raised to believe that divorce wasn't an option; to me, divorce equaled failure. I wasn't able to change that equation until I found myself in the right relationship. "
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