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" Tell me I have to be somewhere, and I'll be there 20 minutes early and stay there longer than anybody else. You hold up a lot of people if you're not on time. "
Dolly Parton
You
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Time
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" I used to always sit in church looking out the windows at the boys, wondering if I could make an excuse to go out and, you know, go to the bathroom because all the outdoor toilets. But anyhow, I was only going out to see the boys. "
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" No one could have been nicer, classier nor better looking than Dick Clark. I've had a crush on him since I was a teenager. "
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Than
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" I do have a few little tattoos, but they were mostly done to cover scars because I'm so fair. "
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" I thank God for my failures. Maybe not at the time but after some reflection. I never feel like a failure just because something I tried has failed. "
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" My husband and I had to raise five of my younger brothers and sisters. They lived with us. We sent them to school. "
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