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" We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails. "
Dolly Parton
Adjust
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" My biggest extravagances are also investments. I have several houses in California, a house in Nashville, an office complex, and I bought the old home place in Tennessee. They are different places for me to write, but I can turn right around and sell them. "
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" I always wanted to be loved. "
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" Above everything else I've done, I've always said I've had more guts than I've got talent. "
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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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" I do write a lot of children's songs, and I'm going to do a children's television show, which also means I'll be doing a lot of albums. So I do hope my future will hold a lot of things for children. "
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" I was the first woman to burn my bra - it took the fire department four days to put it out. "
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" I do remember how it was to be poor. I do remember that in my early years, we had to grow and raise all of our food, even our animals. And I remember in my early life, we didn't even have electricity. So it was very, very hard times then. "
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" I think everyone should be with who they love. "
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" I have a tendency to be awfully big-hearted and it's very hard for me to say no, even when I need to. "
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" Until I was a teenager, I used red pokeberries for lipstick and a burnt matchstick for eyeliner. I used honeysuckle for perfume. "
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" I'll bring my grits when I travel, because I get so hungry on the road. "
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" Every time I come to Europe, I'm just as excited as I was my very first time, which was many, many years ago. I love that part of the world, and I especially love the fans. "
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First Time
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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
" 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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Own
Left
" A lot of people have said I'd have probably done better in my career if I hadn't looked so cheap and gaudy. But I dress to be comfortable for me, and you shouldn't be blamed because you want to look pretty. "
Dolly Parton
Dress
You
People
" I've been very fortunate. "
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Fortunate
Very
Been
" I just don't feel like I have to explain myself. "
Dolly Parton
Feel
Myself
Explain
" It costs a lot of money to look this cheap. "
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Cheap
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Look
" My mama never wore a pair of pants when I was growing up, and now that's all she wears. It was so funny for me when I first started seeing Mama wear pants. It was like it wasn't Mama. Now I've bought her many a pantsuit because she just lives in them. "
Dolly Parton
Growing Up
Growing
Funny
" I'm not a politician. And I don't want to be. "
Dolly Parton
Want
Politician
" You'd be surprised how much it costs to look this cheap! "
Dolly Parton
You
Much
Surprised
" I love being active. "
Dolly Parton
Active
Being
I Love
" I do have a lot of gays in my family now, but some will never come out. "
Dolly Parton
Family
Will
Out
" A lot of my heartbreak songs are inspired by things my sisters are going through, or friends. "
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Inspired
Going
Friends
" Of course, 'I Will Always Love You' is the biggest song so far in my career. I'm famous for several, but that one has been recorded by more people and made me more money, I think, than all of them. But that song did come from a true and deep place in my heart. "
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People
Deep
Money
" My grandpa was a preacher. "
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Preacher
Grandpa
" When I'm inspired, I get excited because I can't wait to see what I'll come up with next. "
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Excited
Inspired
" I think I've got my business notions and my sense for that sort of thing from my dad. My dad never had a chance to go to school. He couldn't read and write. But he was so smart. He was just one of those people that could just make the most of anything and everything that he had to work with. "
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Work
" I do have a few little tattoos, but they were mostly done to cover scars because I'm so fair. "
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Scars
Few
Because
" A lot of people think I'm a comedian. "
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Lot
Think
Comedian