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" You'll never do a whole lot unless you're brave enough to try. "
Dolly Parton
You
Lot
Never
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" I'll bring my grits when I travel, because I get so hungry on the road. "
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Bring
Hungry
" 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 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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" 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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Nobody
Sick
Kid
" My grandpa was a preacher. "
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" I'm gonna be making records anyway, even if I had to sell 'em out of the trunk of my car. I'm that kind of musician and singer. "
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Out
Records
Sell
" 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 have little bones. "
Dolly Parton
Little
Bones
" Someone once asked me, 'How long does it take to do your hair.' I said, 'I don't know, I'm never there.' "
Dolly Parton
Someone
Hair
Know
" I just don't have time to get old! "
Dolly Parton
Just
Time
Get
" I know it's corny - but I love 'Jingle Bells!' "
Dolly Parton
Bells
Love
I Love
" All my momma's people were very musical. My grandpa, who was the Pentecostal minister, he was a great musician. He played the fiddle, he played the piano. "
Dolly Parton
Who
Piano
People
" Every single diet I ever fell off of was because of potatoes and gravy of some sort. "
Dolly Parton
Single
Because
Diet
" Depression runs in my family on both sides, and I have to be wary. "
Dolly Parton
Depression
Both Sides
Family
" I've done everything every fat person ever has. I've tried every diet. "
Dolly Parton
Fat
Person
Everything
" I don't make people bend over backwards, and I don't like that in people. I am definitely no diva. "
Dolly Parton
People
Bend
Diva
" 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. "
Dolly Parton
Will
Children
Doing
" Mine is only one of the millions of hearts broken over the death of Whitney Houston, I will always be grateful and in awe of the wonderful performance she did on my song, and I can truly say from the bottom of my heart, 'Whitney, I will always love you. You will be missed.' "
Dolly Parton
Broken
Love
Heart
" 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. "
Dolly Parton
Always
Him
Me
" God knows when the end of time will come, not some fanatic... The world will end someday, but the end of the world and the end of time are two different things. "
Dolly Parton
End Of The World
God
Time
" I do have a few little tattoos, but they were mostly done to cover scars because I'm so fair. "
Dolly Parton
Scars
Few
Because
" Actually, I hear a lot of rock music. My husband is a big rock fan. "
Dolly Parton
Music
Rock
Big
" 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. "
Dolly Parton
Song
Always
Man
" I don't like to give advice. I like to give people information because everyone's life is different, and everyone's journey is different. "
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Advice
Everyone
Life
" I'll never graduate from collagen. "
Dolly Parton
Never
Graduate
Collagen
" I grew up around lots of men - my father, my brothers, my uncles - so I wasn't intimidated by them. "
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Uncles
Men
Father
" When I'm home, I spend Sunday with my husband. If we're not cooking, we travel around in our camper, stop at fast-food restaurants, and picnic. We love that stuff that will harden your arteries in a hurry. "
Dolly Parton
Cooking
Home
Love
" My philosophy is simple: It's a down-home, common, horse-sense approach to things. "
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Things
Simple
Common
" I do believe that any successful business starts from the top and works its way down. "
Dolly Parton
Successful
Believe
Business