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Adjusting to the passage of time is a key to success and to life: just being able to roll with the punches.

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
Life
Adjusting
Passage
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Roll
Keys
Success
Able
Time
Punches

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