Dolly Parton Quotes

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Dolly Parton

Profession : Singer

Birth : January 19, 1946

I walk tall; I got a tall attitude.

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You know, I look like a woman but I think like a man. And in this world of business, that has helped me a lot. Because by the time they think that I don't know what's goin' on, I then got the money, and gone.

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I've always kinda been a little outcast myself, a little oddball, doin' my thing, my own way. And it's been hard for me to, to be accepted, certainly in the early years of my life.

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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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I was born with a happy heart, and I try to keep a good attitude. It's not true that I'm happy all the time because nobody is, and we all go through our things.

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God has his plans and his reasons. Sometimes we are supposed to go through things so that we learn lessons.

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I don't have maids or servants, and my husband and I love waking up early and going to the 24-hour supermarket when there is nobody else there.

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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 don't kiss nobody's butt.

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Energy begets energy.

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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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People don't realize that we, we meaning people in show business, have the same problems as everyone else. Money doesn't change that. Fame doesn't change that. Sometimes that brings on more problems. You know, it's just a different kind of problems.

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I wear wigs all the time on shows, and every day when I'm in public, at Dollywood. People say, 'How many wigs do you have?' And I say, 'Well, at least 365 because I wear at least one a day.'

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I love to flirt, and I've never met a man I didn't like.

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There's nothing like white trash at the White House.

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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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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.

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'9 to 5 the Musical' is perfect for anyone that's ever wanted to string up their boss, which is almost all of us.

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We're all just a bunch of sinners, but we do the best we can.

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It's a good thing I was born a girl, otherwise I'd be a drag queen.

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