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" When I started the Imagination Library in my hometown, I never dreamed that one day we would be helping Scottish kids. "

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" '9 to 5,' that little song, that little story, just won't ever end. Just like 'I Will Always Love You,' it just keeps comin' back, popping up its head in one way or another. "

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" I think that I'm perfect. "

" Everywhere I go, the kids call me 'the book lady.' The older I get, the more appreciative I seem to be of the 'book lady' title. It makes me feel more like a legitimate person, not just a singer or an entertainer. But it makes me feel like I've done something good with my life and with my success. "

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End Of The World

" I listen to my old records and I think, 'How did I ever get on the radio?' "

" I have little bones. "

" Nobody can ever make enough money for as many poor relatives as I've got. Somebody's got a sick kid, or somebody needs an operation, somebody ain't got this, somebody ain't got that. Or to give the kids all a car when they graduate. "

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