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" My first job was singing on the Cas Walker radio show in Knoxville, Tennessee. I was about 10 years old, and I thought it was big time. "
Dolly Parton
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" I've used my femininity and my sexuality as a weapon and a tool... but that's just natural. "
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" I often joke that 100 years from now I hope people are saying, 'Dang, she looks good for her age!' "
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" When I was a little girl, I always dreamed of being a star. I didn't really know what all that meant. I didn't know. "
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" I'm a singer, a writer and an actress - when I find something that I feel good enough about doing. "
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" 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've done everything every fat person ever has. I've tried every diet. "
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" I would honestly say that with all the awards and all the other things that I've done in my life, Dollywood is one of the greatest dreams that I've ever had come true - I am so proud of that I can't even begin to tell you, Dollywood is real special to me. "
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" I've never had a divorce, but I've seen so many of my friends, my sister, my family go through that stuff, so I try to write for the people that can't write about it. I take on their sorrow, so I'm able to kind of express it, or their joy. "
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" I'm not intimidated by how people perceive me. "
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" People are looking for something a little more stable; people are feeling like they need to get closer to God. "
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" I come from a family of 12, so I kind of got a little lost as a child. "
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" You can be rich in spirit, kindness, love and all those things that you can't put a dollar sign on. "
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" People are always asking me in interviews, 'What do you think of foreign affairs?' I just say, 'I've had a few.' "
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" There's a lot of rednecks in the country where I grew up. "
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" I met my husband before I became a star, and he doesn't care about any of it. "
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" There's been a lot of talk about Jack White wanting to work with me, and I've always admired him, and of course, he lives in Nashville, too. "
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" I feel that sin and evil are the negative part of you, and I think it's like a battery: you've got to have the negative and the positive in order to be a complete person. "
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" I'd love to do a duet, always wanted to work with Madonna, but she never asked. "
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" I modelled my looks on the town tramp. "
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Modelled
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" I look at myself like a show dog. I've got to keep her clipped and trimmed and in good shape. "
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Good
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" My mother was always fascinated with the fact that I could rhyme so much stuff. "
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Rhyme
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" I'm not happy all the time, and I wouldn't want to be because that would make me a shallow person. But I do try to find the good in everybody. "
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" I can't keep somebody from being a star, and I can't make somebody a star, and nobody can. "
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" A lot of my heartbreak songs are inspired by things my sisters are going through, or friends. "
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" People just overshoot trying to find God. They're going outside and trying everything. They don't realize that it's right inside themselves. "
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" Depression runs in my family on both sides, and I have to be wary. "
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" I'll be like Bob Hope, touring when I'm 100. "
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