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" I've been around a long time, and life still has a whole lot of surprises for me. "
Loretta Lynn
Time
Life
Long
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" You can't be halfway in this business. If you don't meet the fans, you lose all you've got. "
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" The night I announced I was getting married, Daddy paced for hours on the porch. "
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" You ain't supposed to get salmon when they're swimming upstream to spawn. But if you're hungry, you do. "
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" I'm trying to lead a good Christian life, so there ain't too much spicy to tell about me. "
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" When I'd tell people I like country music they'd get this look on their faces. People were kind of ashamed of country. "
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" I'm always making Butcher Holler sound like the most backward part of the United States-and I think maybe it is. "
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" I don't like to talk about things where you're going to gt one side or the other unhappy. My music has no politics. "
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" I never rode in an automobile until I was 12. "
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" When all those city folks try to fix up my talking, all they do is mess me up. "
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" My biggest hero, Gregory Peck, was my birthday present on April 14, 1973. I just sat and stared at him. "
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" I avoid going through places where there's too much poverty. "
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" I know what it's like to be pregnant and nervous and poor. "
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" You get used to sadness, growing up in the mountains, I guess. "
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" I'd love to travel to the Holy Land. "
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" Once in a while I get inspired and finish my act with the hillbilly hoedown. "
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" When something is bothering me, I write a song that tells my feelings. "
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" My life has run from misery to happiness. "
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" I refuse to be pushed around anymore. "
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" I didn't know how babies were made until I was pregnant with my fourth child. "
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" Doo never actually made moonshine, but he hauled about an ocean of it. "
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" Being on stage is the best part of my career. I just say whatever comes into my head. It's the only time I feel grown-up and in control of things. "
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" I'm not a big fan of Women's Liberation, but maybe it will help women stand up for the respect they're due. "
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" Mommy smoked but she didn't want us to. She saw smoke coming out of the barn one time, so we got whipped. "
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" I try to visit people in hospitals when I can, smiling and joking while I'm there. But when I leave, I just start crying. "
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" Because Olivia Newton-John wasn't from Nashville, they didn't like her winning our awards. I've got no complaints. "
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