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I remain totally convinced that if we can do one more simple thing to help kids and adults to learn more, it is to inspire them to read more.

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Dolly Parton
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: January 19
Actor
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Banjoist
Businessperson
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Country Musician
Country Singer
Film Actor
Film Producer
Guitarist
Pittman Center
Tennessee
Dolly Rebecca Parton
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My songs are like my children - I expect them to support me when I'm old.
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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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If I can get my dress on, my weight is under control.
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If you can read, you can find books on anything you want. You can self-educate even if you can't afford to go to school.
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A real important thing is that, though I rely on my husband for love, I rely on myself for strength.
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I think so many people live their whole life in fear and doubt and shame.
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I know it's corny - but I love 'Jingle Bells!'
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I don't mind being it [age 60], I just don't like saying it.
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Some things are strange to me, and some things are odd. But I don't condemn. If you can accept me, I can accept you.
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I always loved books. I don't remember learning to read, it was just something I always did. I was hungry for knowledge, I guess, and information I was a curious kid. I still am.
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A lot of people don't realise I came out of the Smoky Mountains with a load of songs.
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I think everyone should be with who they love. I don't want to be controversial or stir up a bunch of trouble but people are going to love who they are going to love. I think gay couples should be allowed to marry. They should suffer just like us heterosexuals. Ha ha ha!
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With the first money I ever made I bought my Mommy and Daddy a car, and helped them fix their house up.
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I'm not sixty, I'm sexty.
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I did not, thank the Lord, have to have a hysterectomy.
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I think I became more productive through not having children. I never really had the desire to have them. My husband didn't want them either, so it worked out well.
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