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" I'm a singer, a writer and an actress - when I find something that I feel good enough about doing. "
Dolly Parton
Feel Good
Good
Doing
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" I've been to those places where it's 'poor, pitiful me.' "
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" I had to get rich so I could sing like I was poor again. "
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" There's a lot of rednecks in the country where I grew up. "
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" A lot of dreams can turn to nightmares... if you don't really work them. "
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" It's a good thing I was born a girl, otherwise I'd be a drag queen. "
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" My grandpa was a preacher. "
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" I think everyone should be with who they love. "
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" I wear wigs all the time on shows, and every day when I'm in public, at Dollywood. People say, 'How many wigs do you have?' And I say, 'Well, at least 365 because I wear at least one a day.' "
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" My philosophy is simple: It's a down-home, common, horse-sense approach to things. "
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" All of my brothers and sisters are very talented. They all sang all right. "
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Talented
Very
" I grew up around lots of men - my father, my brothers, my uncles - so I wasn't intimidated by them. "
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" I'm not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I know I'm not dumb... and I also know that I'm not blonde. "
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" I try to see the good in everybody, and I don't care who people are as long as they're themselves, whatever that is. "
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People
" 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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Think
Desire
" I love being active. "
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Active
Being
I Love
" I'm old enough and cranky enough now that if someone tried to tell me what to do, I'd tell them where to put it. "
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Someone
Tell
Old
" I am confident that partnering my Dollywood Company with a great company like Gaylord will create something truly special. "
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Special
Confident
Great
" Storms make trees take deeper roots. "
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Take
Deeper
Make
" I'm not a politician. And I don't want to be. "
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" I think every entertainer's had nights when things go wrong. I mean you can't remember everything all the time, and especially if you're having hard times personally, things going on that you - you know, and then people make it worse. And that makes you feel worse. "
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Time
You
Know
" Children have always responded to me because I have that cartoon-character look. "
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Children
Always
Because
" Writing's just as natural to me as getting up and cooking breakfast. "
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Me
Breakfast
Writing
" I do believe that any successful business starts from the top and works its way down. "
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Believe
Business
" You don't need to buy expensive cosmetics; almost anything will do if you know how to apply it. "
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" Depression runs in my family on both sides, and I have to be wary. "
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Both Sides
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" I always loved that old song 'Banks of the Ohio' - it was always such a man's song, so I've always wanted to record it. "
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