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" 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. "
Dolly Parton
Feel
God
Me
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" We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails. "
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" 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
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" After momma gave birth to 12 of us kids, we put her up on a pedestal. It was mostly to keep Daddy away from her. "
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Us
Birth
Away
" You gotta keep trying to find your niche and trying to fit into whatever slot that's left for you or to make one of your own. "
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Trying
Own
Left
" I love Velveeta cheese. "
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Love
Cheese
I Love
" If I can get my dress on, my weight is under control. "
Dolly Parton
Weight
I Can
Dress
" I was born with a happy heart, and I try to keep a good attitude. It's not true that I'm happy all the time because nobody is, and we all go through our things. "
Dolly Parton
True
Happy
Attitude
" For some reason, I have better luck when I work with women. I guess I have a good sense of sisterhood. "
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Women
Work
Good
" I can't do nothing just a little. "
Dolly Parton
Just
Nothing
Little
" A gypsy told me I was going to do great things. I was going to make all kinds of money. "
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Money
Great
Going
" A lot of dreams can turn to nightmares... if you don't really work them. "
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Lot
Turn
Nightmares
" I used to sing songs and write with my uncle, Bill Owens. "
Dolly Parton
Write
Used
Uncle
" I love traveling all over the world; but it's true: there's nothing like home. "
Dolly Parton
Nothing
Home
World
" I wanted to write a book that talked about the emotions of children, which is the rainbow. We all have moods. We talk about being blue when we're sad, and being yellow when we're cowards, and when we're mad, we're red. "
Dolly Parton
Red
Children
Rainbow
" That little Miley Cyrus... she's like a little Elvis. The kids love her because she's Hannah Montana, but what people don't realize about her is she is such a fantastic singer and songwriter. She writes songs like she's 40 years old! "
Dolly Parton
Love
People
Realize
" Depression runs in my family on both sides, and I have to be wary. "
Dolly Parton
Depression
Both Sides
Family
" People get a kick out of my stupidity. "
Dolly Parton
Get
Kick
Out
" Being brought up very religious, I have a fear of people that look to idol gods. "
Dolly Parton
Religious
Look
Fear
" When I do listen to music, I'm more prone to listen to the people I've always listened to: George Jones, Otis Redding, Alison Krauss and Emmylou Harris. "
Dolly Parton
Music
Always
Listen
" I walk tall; I got a tall attitude. "
Dolly Parton
Walk
Attitude
Tall
" 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
" I grew up around lots of men - my father, my brothers, my uncles - so I wasn't intimidated by them. "
Dolly Parton
Uncles
Men
Father
" I don't think I'm supposed to boss other people around just because I'm a so-called celebrity or star. I hate that when people act that way. No one deserves it. I've seen it happen. I don't call those people out - they know who they are. Some enjoy that reputation. "
Dolly Parton
Think
Reputation
People
" No matter how beautiful a woman might be, you're always threatened by certain... You're always threatened by other women, period. "
Dolly Parton
Beautiful
Always
Woman
" My first phone was two tin cans tied together with string, and it worked pretty good. "
Dolly Parton
Tied
Together
Two
" If I see something sagging, bagging or dragging I'll get it nipped, tucked or sucked. "
Dolly Parton
Dragging
See
Something
" You don't need to buy expensive cosmetics; almost anything will do if you know how to apply it. "
Dolly Parton
Need
Know
Anything
" 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
" I'll bring my grits when I travel, because I get so hungry on the road. "
Dolly Parton
Because
Bring
Hungry
" Writing's just as natural to me as getting up and cooking breakfast. "
Dolly Parton
Me
Breakfast
Writing