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I believe in my cosmetics line. There are plenty of charities for the homeless. Isn't it time someone helped the homely?

Dolly Parton

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Dolly Parton
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: January 19
Actor
Autobiographer
Banjoist
Businessperson
Composer
Country Musician
Country Singer
Film Actor
Film Producer
Guitarist
Pittman Center
Tennessee
Dolly Rebecca Parton
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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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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 always just thought if you see somebody without a smile, give'em yours!
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If I'd married someone in show business, there'd be too much competition.
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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've never been more moved by a voice than I have been by Roy Orbison. I loved him personally, and I loved his voice. I think of him often and frequently listen to his songs.
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Now I usually try not to give advice. Information, yes, advice, no. But, what has worked for me may not work for you. Well, take for instance what has worked for me. Wigs. Tight clothes. Push up bras.
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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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We're phonies if we're not exactly who we are.
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I write what I write, say what I say, 'cause I feel what I feel, and if I did it different, it would make me a liar! So I'd rather be an honest person than a good liar.
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Music lives in me. Life is a song to me. I have the gift of rhyme, and I'm always trying to write and rhyme. Music is just natural everyday occurrence with me.
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I describe my look as a blend of mother goose, cinderella, and the local hooker!
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I have little feet because nothing grows in the shade.
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I'm always amazed by the people who work on stage who sing night after night, day after day, week in week out.
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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.
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I just write all the time. In my whole life I've never had what I've heard people talk about writer's block. I've never had that. Life is like a song to me. I just hear everything in music, so I have never once thought Well, I'm never gonna be able to write again. I've got thousands of songs.
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When I sit back in my rocking chair someday, I want to be able to say I've done it all.
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I just don't feel like I have to explain myself.
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